42-102953 Sky Ann

Object Number - UPL 45844 - B-17G-55-BO #42-102953 "Sky Ann" Code: P 388th BG - 563rd BG- 8th AF

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 13/5/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG [P] Knettishall 16/5/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Bernard Lord, Co-pilot: Don Trachsel, Navigator: Irving Podolska, Bombardier: Walter Norwicki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Bradley, Radio Operator: Garland Vaughn,Tail gunner: Chas Valente (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Bland Carter, Waist gunner: Wesley Road (2 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 43-38404 (388 BG), crashed just outside Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9380. SHY ANN.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

People

Raymond E Bradley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37663260
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Bland Parks Carter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37619956
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Nicholas G Duncan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38002619
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Bernard H Lord

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817476
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Walter Stephen Nowicki

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-766342
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY 22 April 1944 Collided with B-17G 42-38404

Assigned

Knettishall Airfield, UK 16 May 1944

Other

Mid Air Collision/Destroyed

near Merseburg, Germany 28 September 1944

Revisions

Date11 Nov 2020 20:25:48
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/?s=42-102953

Date11 Nov 2020 20:25:37
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/?s=42-102953

Date29 Oct 2015 19:34:07
Contributorram957
Sources

388th BG Association Records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:13
ContributorAAM
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9380 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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