42-29746 | American Air Museum

42-29746 Excaliber

Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Gt Falls 23/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salinas, Cal 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 524BS/379BG [WA-F] Kimbolton 12/7/43; Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with George Kain WIA, died 4/8/43, Co-pilot: Dan London, Bombardier: John Crawford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Ferguson, Radio Operator: Bill Cloud, Ball turret gunner: Bob Walker, Tail gunner: Truair Halbert (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ray Mailloux, Waist gunner: Bill Russi, Waist gunner: Vernon Bennett (3 Prisoner of War); flak, ship exploded & crashed Elden S of Arnhem, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1355. EXCALIBER.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group.

524th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Vernon F Bennett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

William S Cloud

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

John A Crawford

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-735950
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

John C Ferguson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

James O Goodson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18165587
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Angeren

Site type: Aircraft crash site

Aerial photograph of Grafton Underwood airfield looking north east, Geddington village is on the left, 22 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC309. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Kimbolton

Site type: Airfield

Presque Isle Army Airfield

Site type: Airfield
Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Group at Snetterton Heath. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'BX dispersals Snetterton.'

Snetterton Heath

Site type: Airfield

Missions

A Dutch soldier surveys the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 381st Bomb Group that has crashed near Apeldoorn. First Handwritten caption on reverse: '381BG, 30/7/43 by Fighters.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-3100, 381 BG, 532 BS. 3 KM SE of Apeldoorn, 30-7-43 10:45 Hrs. RNAF'

VIII Bomber Command 80

Date: 30 July 1943

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

30 July 1943

Revisions

Date1 Oct 2021 21:22:50

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date31 Oct 2019 18:35:53

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Date16 Sep 2019 23:40:12

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Date16 Sep 2019 23:04:54

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Date16 Sep 2019 23:04:29

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:23

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1355 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database