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B-17 Flying Fortress
Flying Fortress B-17F 42-6098 'Superstitious Aloysius' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Based on national insignia size and location; 95th BG; circumstance; and presumed date and location, this appears to be the ditching of B-17F-VE 42-6098. Missing Air Crew Report 7700. SUPERSTITIOUS ALOYSIUS
Delivered Long Beach 22/7/43; Cheyenne 25/7/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-R] Horham; with J. D. Scott, Radio Operator - Clyde Myer [wia 26/11/43];
18 missions, Missing in Action Keil 4/1/44 with Pete Milward, Co-pilot: G. Farris, Navigator: W. Milton, Bombardier: Art Scroggins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: R. Spears, Radio Operator: E. Winstead, Ball turret gunner: C. McComber, Waist gunner: Frank Miles, Waist gunner: W. Weeks, Tail gunner: J. Kolarik (10 Returned to Duty); ditched off Bawdsey, Sfk. UK. All rescued. Missing Air Crew Report 7700. SUPERSTITIOUS ALOYSIUS
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 | Master Sergeant | Flight Engineer/Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30272 'Fritz Blitz', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 4-Jan-44 on Mission to Kiel, Germany in Aircraft 42-6098 'Superstitious Al-O-Ysius'. Returned to Duty (RTD)
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Not only did he live out his youthful wish, Frank Hawk fought in a war that granted him his peacetime dream-flight.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-17 #426098 'Superstitious Aloysius. ' Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-17 #42-6098 'Superstitious Aloysius'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
On return from mission to Ludwigshaven on 7 Jan 1944, B-17G #42-39838 crashed near Wilby, Suffolk, England. Only two engines were operating at time of crash. WIA. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-17 #426098 'Superstitious Aloysius. ' Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-17 #426098 'Superstitious Aloysius. ' Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
4 January 1944
The port area of Kiel, Germany and the railroad marshalling yards at Munster, Germany are the Primary targets of this Mission which is organised as two elements: one going to Kiel and the other to Munster. Roger A. Freeman begins to designate aircraft...
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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| Crew Casualty | 26 November 1943 | |
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Radio Op Clyde Myer [WIA] 26/11/43. Pilot Lt J D Scott. |
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| Ditched | Off Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12, UK | 4 January 1944 |
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Missing in Action Keil 4/1/44. Ditched off Bawdsey, Suffolk. UK. All rescued. (10 x RTD) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 7700. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 19 May 2022 10:00:30 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number and unit associations |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 September 2020 00:31:33 | jmoore43 | Changes to description and events |
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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 |
| 07 June 2019 15:04:30 | phil marchese | Changes to production block number, manufacturer and markings |
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FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 December 2015 14:40:28 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations |
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AAM DB Entry Correction. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 December 2015 20:42:04 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, person 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 |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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