41-24432 Danellen

media-57382.jpeg UPL 57382

From the personal collection of Martin Bacon

Object Number - UPL 57382

B-17F 41-24432 was assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-E] Denver Aug 42; Bassingbourn 1-Oct-42; Missing in Action Romilly-sur-Seine {11m} 20-Dec-42 (9-man crew) 8 KIA/ 1 POW MACR 5381.

P 1Lt Dan W. Corson (KIA); CP 2Lt Bruce H. Brown (KIA)
N 1Lt Mark B. Connor (KIA): B 2Lt Reeves S. Carper (KIA),
E/TTG TSgt Martin G. Bacon, Jr., (KIA) RO TSgt Edwin D Byrdic (KIA),
BTG SSgt Robert L. Ferris,Jr. (KIA) WG SSgt Salvatore J. Dalterio (POW),
TG SSgt Jackson M. Barbour (KIA)

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Martin G Bacon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13043031
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Jackson M Barbour

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14070438
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Bruce H Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-662738
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edwin D Byrdic

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14048825
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Reeves S Carper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-727087
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Vascœuil, France 20 December 1942 Shot down by enemy fighters crashed near Vascoeuil, France.

Revisions

Date
ContributorTallPaul19
Changes
Sources

updated to correct Bomb Squadron and notes added to aircraft markings and name

Date
Contributorbillbacon2
ChangesChanges to description
Sources

91st Bomb Go Mission Reports

Date
Contributorbillbacon2
ChangesChanges to markings and description
Sources

Letters from SSGT Dalterio and from crew members of 24452

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to description
Sources

Lee Cunningham 3-Dec-2014. Converted dates in description to military-style designations.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to description and events
Sources

Lee Cunningham 11-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 5381.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to nicknames, place associations and mission associations
Sources

Lee Cunningham 11-Nov-2014. Description based on; "USAAF Combat Chronology" Jack McKillop and the "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A Freeman.

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5381 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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