42-5360 Old Faithful : War Bride
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UPL 20774
B-17F/42-5360 as War Bride
303rd Bomb Group collection
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Delivered Tulsa 20/11/42; New Castle 13/12/42; Assigned 358BS/303BG Molesworth [VK-N] 8/1/43; Missing in Action [35m] Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Harry Schwaebe, Co-pilot: Harry Dumse, Navigator: Paul Degnan, Bombardier: Wilburn Wiley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Foreman, Radio Operator: Mark Tudor, Ball turret gunner: Ben Harvey, Waist gunner: Jim Malcolm, Tail gunner: George Lott (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Russ Whitesell (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Goslar, near Detmold, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1926. OLD FAITHFUL aka WAR BRIDE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38219554
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11115536
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38292210
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35304195
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661542
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 27 September 1943
- Date: 23 September 1943
- Date: 16 September 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
20 November 1942 | Delivered Tulsa AAF 20-Nov-42. | |
Assigned |
8 January 1943 | Assigned 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Crashed |
11 January 1944 | Crew ordered to bailout around Detmold, Germany. All 10 crew members bailed out, whereas one was later killed, the crew believing he was shot upon reaching the ground. The rest were taken prisoner. | |
Manufactured |