42-31138 Winged Fury
Object Number - UPL 31036 - B-17G-5-BO #4231138 "Winged Fury" Code: F 388th BG - 562nd BS Assigned to the Vince Sundstrom Crew Shot down 13 April 1944 with the A. Nelson...
Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Romulus 10/10/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 15/10/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 13/4/44 with Art Nelson, Co-pilot: Art Livermore, Navigator: Maurice White, Bombardier: Bill Matuszewski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Mont, Radio Operator: Roger Blanchard, Ball turret gunner: Marion Jones, Waist gunner: Allen Garrison, Waist gunner: Heino Harala (9 Prisoner of War); Tail gunner: Hubert Bonnet (KIA - when tail severely damaged in attack); enemy aircraft, crashed near Neustadt Afd, near Speyerdorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3773. WINGED FURY.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-671212
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12072632
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06933764
- Highest Rank: Chief Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group Headquarters (388th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-396383
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Group Commanding Officer
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Other
- Known as: Cheyenne Modification Center
Missions
- Date: 13 April 1944
- Date: 1 April 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
- Date: 20 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 24 September 1943 | |
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Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 15 October 1943 | 388 BG 563 BS |
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Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Bremen, Germany | 26 November 1943 | Primarily assigned to the Vince Sundstrom Crew who flew her on 17 of the aircrafts 31 combat missions |
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Lachen-Speyerdorf, 67435 Neustadt, Germany | 13 April 1944 | Shot down by German fighters with the Art Nelson Crew |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3773 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
