42-30418 Picadilly Commando
Object Number - UPL 19204 - B-17F 42-30418 'Piccadilly Commando' in formation with B-17F 42-30300 'Hell-n-Back' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/43; Gore 31/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Gr Isle 14/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 27/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-L] Horham 7/43; 3m, Missing in Action Bonn 12/8/43 with Ed Lemke, Co-pilot: Rueben Dahl, Navigator: Edgar Kaufman, Bombardier: John Welles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Gadwa, Radio Operator: Lee Burroughs, Ball turret gunner: Alf Silva, Waist gunner: Dan Rangold, Waist gunner: John Whitfield, Tail gunner: Attilio Martini (10 Prisoner of War); battle damaged before target, crash landed eight miles NE Malmedy, Bel.; (c/l Mutzenich, near Monshau, 17 miles S of Aachen, Ger.); Missing Air Crew Report 254. PICADILLY COMMANDO.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 17 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Malmedy, Belgium | 12 August 1943 - 12 August 1943 | Missing in Action Bonn 12/8/43. Battle damaged before target, crash landed eight miles NE Malmedy, Belgium; (c/l Mutzenich, near Monshau, 17 miles S of Aachen, Ger.); (10 x POW)Missing Air Crew Report 254. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 254 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
