42-5886 The Jolly Roger

42-5886 The jolly roger UPL 72456 UPL 72456 B-17 42-5886 'The Jolly Roger'
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Object Number - UPL 72456 - B-17 42-5886 'The Jolly Roger'

Delivered Long Beach 21/4/43; Denver 5/3/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-D] Gt Ashfield 24/6/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Paul Sommers, Co-pilot: Herb Brown, Navigator: Hugh McClatchey, Radio Operator: Olin Wieneke, Waist gunner: Parker Crabtree, Tail gunner: Joe Schreppel (6 Killed in Action);



Bombardier: Henry Walker, Ball turret gunner: Jim Brown, Waist gunner: Larry Stokes (3 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bruno Gallerini (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht a/fd, on the Holl/Bel. Border. Missing Air Crew Report 387A. THE JOLLY ROGER.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11038871 / O-794624
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Eighth Air Force 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35366441
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31116392
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Bruno Gallerani
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31128083
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801028
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

17 August 1943

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 387 A / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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