42-30317 Second Chance
B-17F-95-BO #42-30317 "Second Chance" Code: K Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 7848 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Second Chance" of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-61554...
Delivered Cheyenne 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Bill McCown, Co-pilot: Bill Stantial, Navigator: Winston Hall, Bombardier: Vince McHugh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bert Crawford, Radio Operator: Floyd Smith, Ball turret gunner: Don Miller, Waist gunner: Ed Nelson, Waist gunner: George Krolik, Tail gunner: Harry Kincaid (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-37838 (401BG) losing entire tail section, crashed Vehne Moor, Bissel, near Ahlhorn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3075. SECOND CHANCE.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-523642
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group Headquarters (388th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-396383
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Group Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39184316
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 13 May 1943 | |
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Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 17 June 1943 | 388 BG 562 BS |
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Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | 17 July 1943 | Orignally assigned to the Ivan Willson Crew who flew her on 14 of her 23 combat missions |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
26197 Großenkneten, Germany | 26 November 1943 | Collision with 401BG B-17 McCown Crew 10 KIA |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
From the MACR - McCown, not McGowan
Also, grave marker for three of the lost crew names Hall, Crawford, McCown
http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=42-30317&da…
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 139
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3075 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
