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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 30/6/43; Amarillo 18/7/43; Dallas 9/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 14/10/43; 5m, Missing in Action 29/11/43 with Les Palmer, Co-pilot: Ray Grass, Bombardier: Joe Kolar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Wilbert, Radio Operator: George Holloway, Ball turret gunner: Max Waldo, Waist gunner: Bob Nicholson, Waist gunner: Bob Hare, Tail gunner: Bill Whitcom (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Ralph Guinzberg (Killed in Action); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aumhle Bosel, four miles SE of Friesoythe, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1560.
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #426039. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 30-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30192. Returned to base.
Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-6039, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1560
Awards: AM (OLC), PH (2OLC), Soldiers medal.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #426039. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #426039. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-6039, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1560
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Left Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-6039. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-6039, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 22 x combat missions most with Alden Witt crew. Flew 1 x mission with Bill Thomas crew.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-6039, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Bill Thomas crew. 23 x combat missions.
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29 November 1943
This is another massive raid on Bremen, Germany by a force of 360 B-17s. The mission is composed of two elements. The first element is a combined force of 182 B-17s from 1st Bomb Division that included: 94BG (40); 95BG (20); 96BG (41); 100BG (20);...
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Friesoythe, Germany | 29 November 1943 – 29 November 1943 |
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Missing in Action 29/11/43. Cause - shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aumhle Bosel, four miles SE of Friesoythe, Germany. (9 x POW, 1 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report 1560. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 May 2022 11:20:24 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 January 2022 20:27:39 | phil marchese | Changes to manufacturer and markings |
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FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945 block examples for F-VE block cited by AAM. P. MARCHESE; JAN 14, 2022 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 February 2021 19:36:18 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 November 2015 19:56:47 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:58 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1560 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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