42-29943 Situation Normal
A Fort Called Situation Normal - The Final Chapter
William D. Henderson
Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 26/3/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 15/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-K] Alconbury 16/6/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; 335BS [OE-K] Horham 15/6/43; 12/9/43 with A.R. Witt f/d RAF Morton Calence (?); 20/12/43 with A.R. Witt force landed Bungay afd; 31/12/43 with F.G. Vansant force landed RAF Eastchurch; 44m, Missing in Action Oldenburg 6/3/44 with Albert Mailman, Co-pilot: John Cassidy, Navigator: Dave Hazlett, Bombardier: Marion Beal, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Frantz (5 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Ray McDowell, Ball turret gunner: Jim Wint, Waist gunner: Wilbur Cooper, Waist gunner: Henry Baswell, Tail gunner: Bill Henderson (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attack near Haseluenne, ship exploded, crashed Ellinghausen, near Barnsdorf, 15 miles NE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2890. SITUATION NORMAL.
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- Date: 26 September 1943
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 6 September 1943
- Date: 3 September 1943
- Date: 27 August 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Combat damaged |
15 June 1943 | Starboard horizontal stabiliser and elevator damaged by gunfire, 20mm cannon shell damaged #1 engine prop blade. | |
Crashed |
12 September 1943 | F/d RAF Morton Valence. Pilot Lt Alden R Witt. 12/9/43. | |
Crashed |
20 December 1943 | Force landed Bungay afd. Pilot Lt Alden R Witt. 20/12/43. | |
Crashed |
31 December 1943 | Force landed RAF Eastchurch. Pilot Lt Franklin G Vansant. 31/12/43. | |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
6 March 1944 - 6 March 1944 | Missing in Action Oldenburg 6/3/44. Cause - enemy aircraft attack near Haseluenne, ship exploded, crashed Ellinghausen, near Barnsdorf, 15 miles NE of Diepholz, Germany. (5 x POW, 5 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2890. |
Revisions
AAM DB Entry.
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942
The Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond: The 95th Bomb Group in War and Peace31 Aug 2011 by Rob Morris and Ian Hawkins
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
AAM DB Entry.
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942
The Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond: The 95th Bomb Group in War and Peace31 Aug 2011 by Rob Morris and Ian Hawkins
A Fort Called Situation Normal - The Final Chapter
William D. Henderson
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2980 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database