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42-29891 Dangerous Dan

media-18731.jpeg UPL 18731 All of these ships were part of the "Original 41". They were the first aircraft assigned to the 379th BG and flown overseas by the Group. Closest is 42-3113 FR-F "No Nose Art"; Then 42-29891 WA-N is "Dangerous Dan" - Next is 42-29893 WA-Q "El Diablo" shot down over Nantes, France 9/16/43 - Furthest away is 42-5828 WA-O; later she would be re-designated WA-D and named "Sweater Girl". WA is code for the 524th BS and FR- is code for the 525th BS.

Assigned Air Combat Crews:
42-3113 - Noel R. Britten Crew
42-29891- William Jones Crew
42-29893 – Lester Brumley Crew
42-5828 – William Brownlow III Crew

personal collection of John N. beilstein

Object Number - UPL 18731 - All of these ships were part of the "Original 41". They were the first aircraft assigned to the 379th BG and flown overseas by the Group. Closest is...

Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-N] Kimbolton 22/4/43; returned Osnabruck 22/12/43 with Ken Davis, Co-pilot: Chas Fowler, Navigator: Paul Clark, Bombardier: Stan Dolgin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Hanson, Radio Operator: Frank Miller, Ball turret gunner: Tom Stapleton, Waist gunner: George Wall, Waist gunner: McCauley Price, Tail gunner: Joe Supulski (10 Returned to Duty); engine trouble caused crash landed Ubbeston, near Leiston, Sfk., UK; Salvaged. DANGEROUS DAN.

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Units served with

379th Bomb Group

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

524th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Eldred Jerome Andruss

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18066103
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Constant John Anszperger

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12076091 / O-?
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

William C Barnard

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-731790
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Weldon Harve Bledsoe

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39232411 / O-?
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

William Bonin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12093092 / O-676540
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Kimbolton

Site type: Airfield

Leiston

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed	Ubbeston, UK	22 December 1943	Returned Osnabruck 22-Dec-43. Engine trouble crash landed Ubbeston, near Leiston, Suffolk. 10 x RTD.
Manufactured	Dallas, TX, USA		Built at Boeing.
Delivered	Texas, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Kimbolton, UK		Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.