42-31069 Little moe

Object Number - UPL 52711 - AC # 42-31069 'Little Moe' 615th BS, 401st BG

Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Scott 20/10/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-K] Deenethorpe 11/11/43; Missing in Action Kassel 28/9/44 with Ed Aves, Co-pilot: Clayton Crunk, Navigator: Ralph Mezydlo, Bombardier: John MacDougall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Mayfield, Radio Operator: Harry McKinney, Ball turret gunner: Paul Wheaton, Waist gunner: Melvin Crawford, Tail gunner: Jim Rollett (9 Prisoner of War); flak set #2 on fire, crashed Huselitz, S of Stendahl, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9415. LITTLE MOE.

NOTE: MACR 9415 is combined with 9416 in the National Archives. Here is the link:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91071886

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Joseph Percy Acker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06966455
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert E Allen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Martin A Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Harold S Arnold

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31037975 / O-681515
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William Rudolph Asbell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14182638
  • Highest Rank: Chief Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

652

  • Date: 28 September 1944

648

  • Date: 26 September 1944

572

  • Date: 25 August 1944

508

  • Date: 1 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 28 September 1944

Revisions

Date23 Jan 2022 02:53:13
ContributorDouglas P
Sources

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91071886 (MACR 9415 & 9416 combined)

Date4 Sep 2021 22:28:17
Contributoracbernstein1
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31069

Date18 Sep 2020 21:32:45
Contributorjmoore43
Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:36
ContributorAAM
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9415 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 52711 - AC # 42-31069 'Little Moe' 615th BS, 401st BG