42-102435 Double Wallop

media-31119.jpeg UPL 31119 B-17G-50-BO #42-102435 "Double Wallop" Code: G
388th BG - 562nd BS

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Object Number - UPL 31119 - B-17G-50-BO #42-102435 "Double Wallop" Code: G 388th BG - 562nd BS

Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; Dorval 10/3/44; Assigned RAF [HB784]; transferred USAAF 31/3/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG [B] Knettishall 1/7/44; Missing in Action Munich 31/7/44 with Jim Crider, Co-pilot: Fred Gordon, (no Nav), Bombardier: Bill Stewart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Young, Radio Operator: Ed Levy, Ball turret gunner: Albt South, Waist gunner: John Kreitzman, Tail gunner: Gene Johnson (8 INT); flak, crashed Legau, S of Memmingen, Ger, close to Swiss border. Missing Air Crew Report 7746.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY, USA 3 March 1944

Assigned

Dorval, QC, Canada 10 March 1944 Assigned to RAF with Serial #HB784

Assigned

Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK 1 July 1944 USAAF 388 BG 562 BS

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

87764 Legau, Germany 31 July 1944 Hit on a raid to Munich, turned south to try and make Switzerland.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
Changes
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Information sent by Dick Read relating to Arthur M. Read and the 388th Bomb Group. (From 'The 388th At War' by Ed Huntzinger).

Date
Contributor388th
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388th database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7746 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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