42-30255 Lonesome Polecat II

media-19531.jpeg UPL 19531 Nose art of Flying Fortress B-17F 42-30255 'Lonesome Polecat' 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF

Object Number - UPL 19531 - Nose art of Flying Fortress B-17F 42-30255 'Lonesome Polecat' 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF

Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Assigned 351BG Polebrook 10/6/43; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-V] Horham 16/6/43; battle damage on 13/11/43 Ball turret gunner: E.J. Castona (wia), Tail gunner: Jim Cook, Waist gunner: Chas Wilbeck (2 Killed in Action); with D.H. Marten force landed RAF Westcott 4/10/43; with J.R. Miller 13/11/43 three KIA, Ball turret gunner: E.J. Castona, Waist gunner: Chas Witbeck, Tail gunner: Jim Cook; (23m) Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43 with Fred Delbern, Co-pilot: Don Neff, Radio Operator: Gene Darter (3 Killed in Action); Navigator: Royal Jackson, Bombardier: Junius Woollen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Loren Dodson, Ball turret gunner: Chas Schreiner, Waist gunner: Frank Lee, Waist gunner: Doral Hupp, Tail gunner: Bob McKeegan (7 Prisoner of War); crashed off Texel Is, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1558. LONESOME POLECAT II.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39541802
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Crashed

Westcott, Dorking, Surrey RH4, UK 4 October 1943 Force landed RAF Westcott 4/10/43. Pilot Lt J R Miller.

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Combat damage

13 November 1943 Battle damage on 13/11/43 Ball turret gunner: Edward J Castona (WIA), Tail gunner: James Cook, Waist gunner: Chas Wilbeck (2 x KIA).

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Texel, Netherlands 16 December 1943 - 16 December 1943 Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43. Crashed off Texel Is, Holland; (7 x POW, 3 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR1558.

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

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

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1558 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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