42-3090 T'aint A Bird
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Object Number - UPL 56199 - 42-3090 with the 351st Bomb Group. L. to R. Capt. Arren A. Akins, unknown, Capt. Clarke Gable, Lt. Col. Robert W....
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/43; en route to UK aircraft force landed Clonakilty, N. Ireland 7/4/43 with Bill Thomas, Co-pilot: Jim Stapleton, Navigator: Bill Prochaska, Bombardier: Collis Hayes, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Thompson frost-bitten feet, Radio Operator: Carl Cameron, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rex Neely, Waist gunner: Guy Tice, Waist gunner: Arlie Arneson, Tail gunner: Bill Whitcombe (10 Returned to Duty); Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-C] Alconbury 2/5/43; 1m (Ball turret gunner: J.R. Miller Wounded in Action), transferred 359BS/351BG [YB-N] Polebrook 17/6/43; suffered battle damage and sent to 2 BAD CCRC on return 10/11/43; Salvaged 18/6/45 13+m. T'AINT A BIRD.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6575918
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13036442
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer, Top turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18060944 / O-732729
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35326058
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner; Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 13 June 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed |
Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland | 7 April 1943 | En route to UK aircraft force landed Clonakilty, N. Ireland 7/4/43. Pilot Lt Bill Thomas. |
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Other Combat damaged |
10 November 1943 | Suffered battle damage and sent to 2 Base Air Depot [Combat Crew Replacement Centre] on return 10/11/43. |
Revisions
Added production block
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
