42-5906 Sondra Kay
Front row, left to right: T/Sgt Herman J Ball (FE), Milwaukee, Wisc; S/Sgt George R Martin (BTG), New Albany, Ind; S/Sgt Joshua M Lewis (TG), Cumberland, Md; S/Sgt Otto V Kloza (WG), Milwaukee, Wisc; T/Sgt Paul D Gomis (R/O), Reading, Penn; S/Sgt Francis H Curry (WG), Roswell, New Mexico;
Back row, left to right: 2nd Lt Frank N Broach (B), Irving, Texas; 2nd Lt Albert (NMI) Rubin (CP), Chicago, Ill; 2nd Lt Henry O Cox (P), Crossville, Tenn; 2nd Lt Willis E Eddy (N), Battle Creek Mich. US Air Force Photo.'
Made corrections to the caption, adding crew positions and changing the plane name from "Sandra Kay" to "Sondra Kay" Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Long Beach 30/4/43; Sioux City 7/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG [--E] Knettishall 16/6/43; suffered battle damaged at La Pallice, Fr. 16/9/43 with Henry Cox, Co-pilot: Albt Rubin, Navigator: Bob Leaventhal, Bombardier: Frank Broach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herman Ball, Radio Operator: Don Gromis, Ball turret gunner: George Martin, Waist gunner: Otto Kloza, Waist gunner: Francis Curry, Tail gunner: Joshua Lewis (10 Killed in Action); crash landed Upper Cilgee Farm, Llanure, two miles from Llandrindod Wells, Wales, after being diverted to RAF Shobdon, Worcs., in poor weather; Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report 3119. SONDRA KAY.
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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 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36243138
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18039195 / O-667239
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794117
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group Headquarters (388th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-396383
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Group Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18019453
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Long Beach, CA, USA | 30 April 1943 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 16 June 1943 | 388 BG 562 BS |
Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | 17 July 1943 | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Llanyre, Llandrindod Wells LD1 6NG, UK | 16 September 1943 | Crashed in bad weather, low on fuel at Upper Cilgee Farm, Powys, Wales. Henry Cox Crew on board. 10 KIA |
Revisions
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3119 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database