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41-28692 Hell's Wagon

Assigned to 576BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. 10 x Missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Friedrichshafen, attacked by Bf109's and Fw190's after breaking formation 18-Mar-44, landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland. 10 x Interned. MACR 3318.

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Units served with

392nd Bomb Group

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

576th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lloyd G Bennett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Bombardier / Nose Gunner

Chester D Decker

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Charles N Devoe

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Milton O Halsne

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Walter T Hebron

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (QJ-D, serial number 42-32073) formerly of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, in service with the Swiss Air Force. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-32073, Dübendorf, 13-4-44.'

Dubendorf

Site type: Airfield

Wendling

Site type: Airfield

Missions

8th Air Force 264

Date: 18 March 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Assigned	Wendling, Dereham NR19, UK	8 February 1944 - 18 March 1944	Assigned to 576BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Combat damaged	Friedrichshafen, Germany	18 March 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Friedrichshafen, attacked by Bf109's and Fw190's after breaking formation 18-Mar-44, landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland. 10 x Interned. MACR 3318.
Other Interned	Dübendorf, Switzerland	18 March 1944	Landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Interned. MACR 3318.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Assigned

Wendling, Dereham NR19, UK

8 February 1944 - 18 March 1944

Assigned to 576BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Combat damaged

Friedrichshafen, Germany

18 March 1944

Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Friedrichshafen, attacked by Bf109's and Fw190's after breaking formation 18-Mar-44, landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland. 10 x Interned. MACR 3318.

Other

Interned

Dübendorf, Switzerland

18 March 1944

Landed in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Interned. MACR 3318.

Revisions

Date24 May 2022 09:33:38

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

MACR 3318 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date17 Nov 2016 22:46:15

Contributor466thHistorian

Changes

Sources

"Strangers In A Strange Land - Volume II" - Heins-Heiri Stapfer/Gino Kunzle

Date17 Nov 2016 22:42:59

Contributor466thHistorian

Changes

Sources

"Strangers In A Strange Land - Volume II" - Heins-Heiri Stapfer/Gino Kunzle
page 16

Date16 Aug 2016 10:38:14

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28692&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28626286
http://www.b24.net/aircraft/disposit.htm

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:05

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

MACR 3318 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database