42-29838 The Concho Clipper

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-U] Polebrook 17/4/43; Missing in Action 4m St Nazaire 29/5/43 with Colonel (correct name) Russell, Co-pilot: Leo Gritkas, Navigator: Roy Stealey (Wounded in Action), Bombardier: Charles Woehrle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Charles Eaton, Tail gunner: Fred Williams (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jim Welk, Ball turret gunner: Nahannie Bader, Waist gunner: Wayne Baldwin, Waist gunner: Alf Huffman (4 Killed in Action); flak hit blew away btg with Bader inside as well as starting fires, crashed Ploeren, W of Vannes, Fr. THE CONCHO CLIPPER.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12045024
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6861102
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31147662
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

44600 Saint-Nazaire, France 29 May 1943

Crashed

Ploeren, France 29 May 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 16399 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database