42-30029 Chap's Flying Circus

media-32701.jpeg UPL 32701 "381st Bomb Group Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, wing their way toward their objective - a vital enemy target in Europe."

Object Number - UPL 32701 - "381st Bomb Group Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, wing their way toward their objective - a vital enemy target in Europe."

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 29/5/43 with Frank Chapman, Dick Robinson, Bill Hodge, Wilson Cupp, Otha Frost, Edwin Myers, Ed Pope, John Wardell, Bill Richardson, Bob Gugenheim;



Missing in Action 28m Oschersleben 30/1/44 with Carl Baer (body washed up 4/2/44), Co-pilot: Bob Remple, Navigator: Malcolm Van Hise, Bombardier: Henry Palas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Vogelbaugh, Radio Operator: John Moore, Ball turret gunner: Phil Phillipuk, Left Waist gunner: John Tully, Right Waist gunner: Jim Rigat, Tail gunner: Ed Meyers (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea off Gt Yarmouth, Missing Air Crew Report 2495. (Last original aircraft lost). CHAP'S FLYING CIRCUS.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735735
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13126681
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32454180
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-739493
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 30 January 1944

Revisions

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ContributorARowe95
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Sources

ARowe95

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2495 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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