42-29727 In Der Fuehrer's Face
Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Tinker 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-M] Bassingbourn 18/4/43; Earls Colne 21/5/43; Missing in Action Emden 21/5/43 with Lowell Wetzel, Co-pilot: Earl Sutton, Bombardier: Carl Pearson, Radio Operator: Stacey Hendrix RIP 4/6/43, Ball turret gunner: Carl Rendler, Waist gunner: Bryant Loftus, Waist gunner: Russell Crisp, Tail gunner: Glenn Harding (8 Killed in Action);
Navigator: Cliff Hopewell Wounded in Action, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Kurn (2 Prisoner of War);
Enemy aircraft hit #3 and radio room caught fire, crashed Stobben, near Vleegtwedde, 25 miles SE of Groningen, Holland;
No MACR. IN DER FUEHRER'S FACE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39021839
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Stobbenweg 8, 8251 PX Dronten, Netherlands | 21 May 1943 | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Emden, Germany | 21 May 1943 |
Revisions
Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17f-65-bo-42-29632-4…