42-30359 Rikki Tikki Tavi
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/media/media-39683.jpeg)
Mark Brown Collection
Object Number - UPL 39683 - B-17F 42-30359 96th BG/339th BS (QJ-D) in Tunisia, late 1943.
Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 25/6/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-D] Snetterton 27/6/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Linwood Langley, Co-pilot: Berline Cipresso, Bombardier: Don Curtis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Reed, Radio Operator: Sam Amatulli, Ball turret gunner: Wilbert Provost, Waist gunner: Anderson King, Waist gunner: Edmund Swedo (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Jesse Orrison, Tail gunner: Gene Moranstill in tail wreckage (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Syke, 12 miles S of Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1392.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
![The insignia of the 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395038.jpg?itok=WZ1NRQ56)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395035.jpg?itok=01faXuTd)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32435292
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680407
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-744302
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18160058
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-737437
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Group at Snetterton Heath. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'BX dispersals Snetterton.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-387762.jpg?itok=6qmmc7q1)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 November 1943 |