42-29999 Fertile Myrtle
My grandfather few her.
Object Number - UPL 16042 - Fertile Myrtle 381st 533rd 42-29999
Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Presque Is 2/5/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 8/5/43 GENIE; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-Z] Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action 18m Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Matt McEvoy, Co-pilot: Nicholas Nikitin, Navigator: Henry Lipsky, Bombardier: Bill Ingram, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Loehrer, Radio Operator: Fred Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Weldon Wittwer, Left Waist gunner: Gene Kracium, Right Waist gunner: Mack Sexton, Tail gunner: Jack Trueblood (10 Prisoners of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Eicholz, three miles S of Melle, 14 miles SE of Osnabruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1880. FERTILE MYRTLE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-121707
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15334527
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15323641
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809661
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 January 1944 |
Revisions
Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey D Ward. Second Edition with Errata and Supplemental Information. Taylor Publishing. 1996. pages 23, 294, 300
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1880 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database