42-5918 Heavenly Daze
Delivered Long Beach 7/5/43; Denver 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 19/5/43; Dow Fd 4/6/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-J] Horham 15/6/43; Ball turret gunner: D. Jacoby [wia] 13/12/43; 36m, Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Jim Foley, Co-pilot: Paul Keith, Navigator: Chas Shaughnessy, Bombardier: Chas Wayman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irving Rothman, Radio Operator: Earl Carter, Waist gunner: Ed Ciesler, Waist gunner: Bill King, Tail gunner: Bill Hobbs (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Warren Cadle (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Schwege, W of Lemforde, near Oldenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2010. HEAVENLY DAZE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39539003
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36702309
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36395484
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741883
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677701
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 31 December 1943
- Date: 30 December 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 January 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
dded the A/C nickname listed in the "Summary biography" sections of several crew including the pilot “James E Foley”.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database