42-31134 Gung Ho

A B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-G, serial number 42-31134) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG, CC-G.' media-414124.jpg FRE 8265 A B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-G, serial number 42-31134) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG, CC-G.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8265 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-G, serial number 42-31134) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG,...

Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Wilmington 10/10/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-G] Framlingham 13/10/43; Missing in Action Nurnburg 9/10/44 with Chas McIntosh, Bombardier: Ray Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Stokes, Radio Operator: Karle Kolmerer, Ball turret gunner: Griffith Williams, Waist gunner: Ernie Starr (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Basil Shafer, Navigator: Duward Bare (wia), Tail gunner: Ben Howell (3 Prisoner of War); flak hit in #4, went down and exploded, crashed in Schweinauer Strasse, Nurnberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8910. GUNG HO.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

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

People

Duward J Bare

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684930
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Nevin Bulick

Nevin Lynn Bulick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13084920
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Turret Gunner
Second Lieutenant Owen G Smith (bombardier) , Sergeant Joseph Demmerle (Mechanic) and Technical Sergeant William F. Cole (crew chief) of the 390th Bomb Group in a crew tent near a B-17F Flying Fortress nicknamed "Pulsating Polly". Passed for publication 8 Oct 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Pulsating Polly. B-17F.' Printed caption on reverse: 'Ground Crew "Gypsies" Of The U.S. Air Force. With the Anglo-American bombing offensive quickening its tempo by day and by night, ground crews of U.S. Bomber

William F Cole

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew chief

Ben N Howell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15336574
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Karle E Kolmerer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 September 1944

Revisions

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Corrected a typo in the A/C description.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a unit connection to the 8th AF.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8910 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-G, serial number 42-31134) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG, CC-G.'

Object number: FRE 8265 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-G, serial number 42...