42-30222 Lone Wolf

Object Number - UPL 48722 - 42-30222 B17F Lone Wolf

Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/6/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 10/6/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Alf Kramer, Co-pilot: Arthur Swap, Bombardier: Bob Burnett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Merle Martin, Radio Operator: Allen Priebe, Waist gunner: Bill Vickless, Waist gunner: Walt Soukup (7 evaded capture); Ball turret gunner: Joe Thomas,Tail gunner: Bill Chapman (2 Killed in Action); Navigator: Dick Bowman (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Longsols, 12 miles NE of Troyes, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3129. LONE WOLF. Shot down by Horst Sternberg (+13 black FW190)

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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 Martin Bessemer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18193418
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Richard G Bowman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673469
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Robert Waring Bugie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15195598 / O-681970
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert L Burnett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

William W Chapman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 September 1943 Shot down by Horst Sternberg (+13 black FW190)

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42-30222 B17F Lone Wolf

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Image.

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Beau Béte: The true story of a Royal Marine sniper assigned to Ian Fleming's WWII intelligence unit. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08R7XYHXW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_60BCBKV1…

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Completed Merle Martin's first name

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3129 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

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