42-30817 Miss Flower III
Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Grand Isle 11/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-G] Horham 15/6/43; with M.L. Crowder force landed RAF Harwarden 16/9/43; with John Adams force landed RAF Fiston 26/9/43; Missing in Action (9m) Munster 10/10/43 with Capt John Adams, Co-pilot: Tom Barber, Navigator: Ken Winegar, Bombardier: Earl DeWolf, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marshall Crow, Radio Operator: Jerome Pubantz, Ball turret gunner: Mike Szewyck, Waist gunner: Orwin Tylseth, Waist gunner: Wallace Watts, Tail gunner: Jim Baker (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft ko’d engine, crashed Wenning- railway station, near Steinfurt-Borghorst, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1044, MISS FLOWER III.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33023235
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16070496
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16006072
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17155011
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34269787
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 23 September 1943
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 15 September 1943
- Date: 6 September 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Hawarden, Deeside, Flintshire CH5, UK | 16 September 1943 | Force landed RAF Harwarden 16/9/43. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Borghorst, 48565 Steinfurt, Germany | 10 October 1943 - 10 October 1943 | Failed to return from mission to Munster 10/10/43. Enemy aircraft ko’d engine, crashed Wenning-Hegemann railway station, near Steinfurt-Borghorst, Ger. (10 x POW) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 1044. |
Revisions
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1044 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database