42-30140 King Malfunction II
Parked at a hardstand at Ridgewell AAF, June/July 1943
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Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Walla Walla 2/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/5/43; Dow Fd 26/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-V] Ridgewell 23/6/43; Missing in Action 6m Schweinfurt 17/8/43
Pilot - 1LT Jack Painter (KIA-body still in a/c)
Co-Pilot - 2LT Everett Ragan (flew in Tail Gunner position as Observer for Schweinfurt MSN)
*Co-pilot for Schweinfurt MSN - 1LT Robert Nelson (Group Operations Officer)
Navigator - 2LT William J. Keays
Bombardier - 2LT Lloyd Duke
Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner - S/Sgt Matthew Kowalski
Radio Operator - S/Sgt William Balentine
Left Waist Gunner - S/Sgt Norman G. Whitman,
Right Waist Gunner - S/Sgt Raymond Genz
Ball Turret Gunner - S/Sgt Allen J. Kellogg
Tail Gunner - S/Sgt James Mizell
Flak KO’d #3 & #4 feathered, crashed Esch, five miles SE of Munstereifel, Ger.
1 x KIA; 8 x Prisoner of War; 2 x Crew EVD (Nelson & Genz)
Missing Air Crew Report 379. KING MALFUNCTION II.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31106416
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35393412
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727253
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot ; Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-792145
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672414
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Observer
Places
Missions
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Strato Sam (Toughest Crew That Ever Flew)
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Damfino
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Widget, Chug-A-Lug Lulu
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Bad Münstereifel, Germany | 17 August 1943 |
Revisions
MACR 379; personal interviews conducting SGM Chris Lewis (nephew of Norman Whitman) with surviving crewmembers 1998-2002;
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 379 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database