42-5904 Gremlin Gus
Delivered Long Beach 29/4/43; Sioux City 4/5/43; Roswell 26/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/6/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG [--K] Knettishall 18/6/43; t/o La Pallice 16/9/43 due to poor weather, with Jarrendt, Co-pilot: ?, Navigator: Staples (Wounded in Action), Bombardier: Dick (lost leg in crash), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Forsta, Radio Operator: ? , Ball turret gunner: Hovatter (inj), Waist gunner: Cunningham (inj), Waist gunner: ?, Tail gunner: Jim Jones (inj) (10 Returned to Duty); foto - Ed Balliff (KIS-in crash); in poor visibility crashed Long Holcombe Hill, Simonsbath, near Nth Moulton, Devon, UK. Salvaged 19/9/43. GREMLIN GUS.
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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: 388th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 13054376
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Photographer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39840703
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731474
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 15 September 1943
- Date: 3 September 1943
- Date: 2 September 1943
- Date: 31 August 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Long Beach, CA, USA | 29 April 1943 | |
|
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 18 June 1943 | |
|
Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Lille, France | 15 August 1943 | |
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Crashed |
Simonsbath, Minehead TA24, UK | 16 September 1943 |
Revisions
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
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