42-29976 Sad Sack

Delivered Denver 20/3/43; force landed Smoky Hill, KS with Frank Spino 3/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-Q] Ridgewell 25/5/43 with Jack Owen, Bill Bohan, Liston Bascom, Frank Ronzio, Bill Lindenmeyer, Roy Slater, Clarry Asher, Chas Winn, Ken Rector, George Johnston; Missing in Action 2+m Hamburg 25/7/43 with Jack Owen, Co-pilot: Bill Bohan, Navigator: Liston Bascon, Bombardier: Frank Ronzio, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Rector, Radio Operator: Roy Slater, Ball turret gunner: Chas Winn, Waist gunner: Clarry Asher, Waist gunner: Bill Lindenmeyer,Tail gunner: Bob Cummins (10 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, crashed between Heide and Hamburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 128. SAD SACK.

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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

People

Clarence C Asher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39173560
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Liston Arthur Bascom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735967
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William Elmer Bohan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736464
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot (2nd Lt)

Robert L Cummins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15330207
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William E Lindenmeyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17054561
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Missions

Aircraft

42-30013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lethal Lady
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

42-30153

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Worry Wart
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 532nd Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 25 July 1943

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 128 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database