42-3064 Stardust
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG Morrison 25/3/43; transferred 100BG Thorpe Abbotts /43; 358BS/303BG [VK-O] Molesworth 13/7/43; battle damaged Bremen 26/11/43 with Bill Fort wia-frostbite, Co-pilot: McDonald Riddick, Bombardier: Chas Spencer wia-frostbite, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Grover Mullins, Radio Operator: Jim Supple, Ball turret gunner: Howard Zeitner, Waist gunner: Jim Pleasant, Waist gunner: John Viszneki, Tail gunner: Bernie Sutton (9 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Harry Rocketto (Killed in Action); Returned to the USA Scott 15/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 27/7/45. STARDUST.
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- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 16 August 1943
- Date: 15 August 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Sustained battle damage |
Bremen, Germany | 26 November 1943 | Sustained heavy damage to engines and communications gear, and had the front plexiglass nose blown out, resulting in one KIA, two WIA (one, the navigator, severely), and over half the crew treated for varying cases of frostbite. |
Manufactured |
Base Air Depot (BAD) 1 | 5 April 1944 | Transferred to BAD1 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.