42-107007 She-Hasta
Dustin Divinia
Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Kearney 15/2/44; Presque Is 2/3/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-B] Thorpe Abbotts 6/3/44. Missing in Action Merseburg 29 July 1944 with Pilot William L. Greiner Jr, Co-pilot James D. Coccia, Navigator Robert D. Fulkerson, Bombardier Robert E. Marsho, Flight Engineer/Top Turret gunner John R. Vuchetich, Radio Operator Harry E. Whitford, Ball Turret gunner Frank Madrid, Tail gunner Harry G. Feldkamp (8 Prisoners of War - POW). Waist gunner Bernie Baumgarten, severely wounded by fighter shells couldn't be helped out ot the sinking Fortress and he went down into the sea with.(Killed in Action and still listed as Missing In Action). Enemy aircraft KO’d one engine and the Fortress dropped back before another attack by an Me 262 jet. Ditched North Sea, North of Ameland Island, West Friesland, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 7815.
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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: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32930626
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12136835 at enlistment, then O-817161
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823543
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35799789
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17089076 at enlistment, then O-713164
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
Ameland Island, West Friesland, The Netherlands | 29 July 1944 | ditched in the North Sea |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7815 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database