42-29834 Boomerang

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG Bassingbourn 25/4/43; then 333BS; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Missing in Action Emden 21/5/43 with Olaf Ecklund, Co-pilot: Harry Port, Navigator: Theo Lieberg, Bombardier: Henry Schoedel,Tail gunner: Byron Burns (5 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Poznar, Radio Operator: Joe Conley, Ball turret gunner: Marsile Lambert,wf-Frank Wattts, Waist gunner: Bill Tiday (5 Killed in Action); shot down by enemy aircraft; crashed Emden, Ger. BOOMERANG.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 21 May 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15096 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database