42-30647 Polly Ann

Ground personnel of the 305th Bomb Group guide a taxiing B-17 Flying Fortress. B-17 Flying Fortress (KY-H, serial number 42-30647) is in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-30647 - H.' media-407695.jpg FRE 4297 Ground personnel of the 305th Bomb Group guide a taxiing B-17 Flying Fortress. B-17 Flying Fortress (KY-H, serial number 42-30647) is in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-30647 - H.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4297 - Ground personnel of the 305th Bomb Group guide a taxiing B-17 Flying Fortress. B-17 Flying Fortress (KY-H, serial number 42-30647) is in the...

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/43; Dow Fd 27/7/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-H] Chelveston 17/8/43; on return from Nantes 23/9/43 crashed on base after apparently completely lost control following slight mid-air collision with 42-30809 which returned OK, with Norman Drouin, Co-pilot: Walt Menzel, Navigator: Albt Feigelson, Bombardier: Bob Harden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Steinhardt, Radio Operator: Lou Goodman, Ball turret gunner: Frank Brooks, Waist gunner: Stan Westby, Waist gunner: Fred Ringle,Tail gunner: Earl Walsh (10 Killed in Service); Salvaged. POLLY ANN.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Franklin Lee Brooks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15336765
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Norman A Drouin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11047416 / O-795027
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Albert Feigelson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 366th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-673519
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Louis William Goodman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11055185
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Robert L Harden

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-669281
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Aircraft

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

England 23 September 1943

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Added associations from information in Biography field.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15185 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-30647: Gallery (3 items)

B-17 Flying Fortresses fly in formation. In the top left corner is the tail of a 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (KY-H, serial number 42-30647) nicknamed "Patty Ann", that would later be irreparably damaged in a collision on the 23rd of September 1943. caption on image: "A-25505 A.C." Handwritten caption on reverse: '305BG, 366BS (KY-). 230647, KY-H, Patty Ann. 23/9/43 collision.'

Object number: FRE 10916 - B-17 Flying Fortresses fly in formation. In the...

Ground personnel of the 305th Bomb Group guide a taxiing B-17 Flying Fortress. B-17 Flying Fortress (KY-H, serial number 42-30647) is in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-30647 - H.'

Object number: FRE 4297 - Ground personnel of the 305th Bomb Group guide a...