42-5376 Eager Eagle
Delivered Tulsa 25/11/42; Salina 4/1/43; Morrison 6/2/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-X] Chelveston 1/3/43; collision with Beaufighter (V8715) 31/8/43, with Floyd Truesdell, Co-pilot: Allan McDaniel, Navigator: Bill Cullity, Bombardier: Bob Barrall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Yongue, Radio Operator: Joe Van Esley, Ball turret gunner: Chas Awrajcewicz, Tail gunner: George Simon, Passenger: Sq Ld E.M. Appleton (RAF) (8 Killed in Service); Waist gunner: Carl Ruehl, Waist gunner: John Breen (2 Returned to Duty); crashed Church Farm, Foulsham, Nfk. W/O 1/9/43. EAGER EAGLE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31125603
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13031062 / O-660322
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Church Farm Cottage, 11 Hindolveston Rd, Foulsham, Dereham NR20 5SG, UK | 31 August 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15872 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database