42-102565 The Ugly Duckling

398th BG - 601st BS
Object Number - UPL 22167 - B-17G-55-BO #42-102565 "The Ugly Duckling" Code: 3O-M 398th BG - 601st BS
Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-M/H] Nuthampstead 27/4/44. Failed to return from Misburg 26/11/44 with Ben Rolfe, Co-pilot: Paul Doyle, Navigator: Vernon Anderson, Bombardier: Dick Rimmer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Price, Radio Operator: Frank Iaconis, Ball turret gunner: Jim Coulson, Waist gunner: Arthur Schmidt,Tail gunner: Tom Pozder (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed into Ijsselmeer, near Zwolle, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 11147.
On mission of 30/8/44 with Bill McCartney, (8 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Darrell Argubright (KIA-bailed out over Baltic Sea when smoke started in fuselage, fire put out and ship came home to land RAF Langham, Nfk.; (68m)
THE UGLY DUCKLING.
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Units served with

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

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18194161
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-926286
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19086486 / O-706772
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37484766
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-775831
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places

- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to return |
IJsselmeer, Netherlands | 26 November 1944 | Aircraft written off (damaged beyond repair) at Ijsslmeer, Netherlands. |
Revisions
FTR detail updated from : http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=49614
Associated mission from details given at http://www.airmen.dk
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11147 / MACR 8457 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database