42-29960 Nymokymi
384TH BG site
Object Number - UPL 29348
Delivered Denver 18/3/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-Y] Grafton Underwood 31/5/43; 544BS [SU-J]; Missing in Action Le Mans 4/7/43 with Gordon Erikson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Penly, Ball turret gunner: Willard Freeman, Waist gunner: George Ashworth, Waist gunner: Frank Wingerter, Tail gunner: Chas Mankowitz (6 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Cliff Dartt, Radio Operator: Paul Welch (2 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Francis Hackley, Bombardier: Don Irvine (2 Killed in Action); crashed Fosse de Enfer, near Belfonds, 40 miles N of Le Mans, Fr. No MACR. NYMOKYMI.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797007
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-60135
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796529
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 4 July 1943
- Date: 28 June 1943
- Date: 26 June 1943
- Date: 25 June 1943
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
no evidence of mid-air collision in any of the E&E's. Two 384BG (Box 1635) testimonies quote "960 between IP & target out of control, one engine on fire, 4 parachutes" (p.25), and "aircraft turned back north of Le Mans, 11,000 feet, #4 engine burning, 1243" (p. 26) Pilot Erickson says shot down by fighter aircraft in E&E 263.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / E&E 2010 / E&E 264 / E&E 65 / E&E 66 / E&E 68 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
