42-30201 Shedonwanna

media-41012.jpeg UPL 41012 '1st Lt Lester (NMI) Baum of New York, NY, in his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Shedonwanna?". England, 6 August 1943. 560th Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group'

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Object Number - UPL 41012 - '1st Lt Lester (NMI) Baum of New York, NY, in his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Shedonwanna?". England, 6 August 1943. 560th Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb...

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 7/5/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 20/6/43 TIGER GIRL; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Earl Melville, Radio Operator: Frank Aldenhoevel, Waist gunner: Bill Borchert, Tail gunner: Walt Creamer (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Stone, Navigator: John Pronek, Bombardier: Bill Pastrick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Lotter, Ball turret gunner: Morris Wickersham, Waist gunner: Bernard Tuvman (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Voves, 12 miles SE of Chartres, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3124. SHEDONWANNA ?

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Frank Aldenhoevel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16027745
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

William Alfred Borchert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19167958
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Walter C Creamer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31120142
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

George Lotter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13097265
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Earl Sullivan Melville

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735428
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

6 September 1943

Revisions

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Contributorphil marchese
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AAF still photographs

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FORTLOG
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3124 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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