42-30257 Lady Susie II*
Courtesy of Ronald Leach 385th Bomb Group collection
Via Ronald Leach from fathers photo album.
Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Gt Falls 24/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Tinker 13/6/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 16/6/43; transferred 550BS/385BG [SG-J] Gt Ashfield 17/6/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Bill Robbins, Co-pilot: Floyd Hicks, Navigator: Bill Brick, Bombardier: Irvin Rodemeyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe McGarry, Radio Operator: Hervin Charest, Ball turret gunner: Bob Daleus, Waist gunner: Walt Edelmann (8 KIA - all washed up on German coast over next few weeks); Waist gunner: Leon Ochs, Tail gunner: Lloyd Atkins (2 Prisoner of War); flak, then mid-air coll with 42-3308 (385BG) ditched North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 189C. LADY SUSIE II.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736520
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31078353
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39177651
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793846
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-204370
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 28 July 1943 |
Revisions
Added an association to the A/C #42-3308 listed in the A/C description section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Corrected a typo in the A/C "Markings" section - "conflict" was misspelled.
AAM sysnopsis of B-17F-VE 42-5912.
OSBORNE, FORTLOG at 42-5912
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945, MARCHESE,
analysis of F-95-BO and mid-product F-VE configurations.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 189 C / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database