42-30038 Bar Fly
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 4/5/43; Hill 12/5/43; Wendover 16/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-D] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43; Missing in Action convoy attack 25/6/43 with Paul Schmalenbach, Co-pilot: George Cox, Bombardier: Jack Clark, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Beck, Waist gunner: Tony Russo, Tail gunner: Lew Priegel (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: John Brown, Radio Operator: Frank Podbielski, Ball turret gunner: Norman Goodwin wounded in attack and his left leg was amputated in hospital and Ret US, Waist gunner: Bill Lucas (4 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft, ditched 12 miles N of Wangerooge Is. Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 270. BAR FLY.
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg?itok=oPPVVi6c)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Featuring Mickey Mouse.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395041.jpg?itok=OjYgZzDh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16068730
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730223
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731361
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-60862
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31079618
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
![The control tower at Thorpe Abbotts, home of the 100th Bomb Group, 1952. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1952, 100 BG.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-407386.jpg?itok=1DRrVEVY)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 25 June 1943 |