42-102937 Ready Freddie
Object Number - UPL 19590 - 42-102937 'Ready Freddie' 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 20/4/44; Kearney 16/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned to the 412th Bomb Squadron/95th Bomb Group as [QW-E]. Based at Horham 30/5/44; non-operation crash, pilot given permission to land at Duxford airfield, UK 19/7/44, to pick up others. When pilot buzzed tower but clipped a warning beacon, it rolled over on its back and hit an 83rd Fighter Squadron barrack; with Jim Sasser, Co-pilot: Vic Mintz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Bradburn, Radio Operator: Jim Heil; the rest were 78th Fighter Group personnel; Lt Martin Smith, Lt John Putnam, ncos-Wilbur Edwards, Don French, John Gorman, John Hamilton, Tony Loguidice, Ellsworth Seecz, Frank Wojicki, Ernie Taylor (total 14 men Killed in Service); ncos-Ray Robertson, Oscar Severson (2 Wounded In Service); Salvaged 21/7/44. READY FREDDIE.
Account of the July accident: http://blogs.iwm.org.uk/historic-duxford/
Further information on the crash: http://www.ulongbeach.com/B17_Crash_Sasser.html
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 23rd Station Complement Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37268004
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729255
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34136313
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: GP
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 23rd Station Complement Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35382324
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: O-499637
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Chaplain
Places
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
19 July 1944 | non-operation crash, pilot given permission to land at Duxford airfield 19/7/44, to pick up others. When pilot buzzed tower but clipped a warning beacon, it rolled over on its back and hit an 83rd Fighter Squadron barrack. | |
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Other Salvaged |
21 July 1944 | Salvaged 21/7/44. |
Revisions
List of men killed in the crash - source: Records of 78th Fighter Group USAAF at Duxford, 1943 - 1945 (IWM Documents.10395 - http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030010237 )
Account of loss of 'Ready Freddie' ( http://blogs.iwm.org.uk/historic-duxford/ ) taken from Records of 78th Fighter Group USAAF at Duxford, 1943 - 1945 (IWM Documents.10395 - http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030010237 )