42-31200 Old Crow

Sergeant Albert Steele Jr,  Corporal Alvin Funk and Master Sergeant Earnest Malott with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the  303rd Bomb Group HU 141115 HU 141115 Ground crewmen Sergeant Albert Steele Jr, Corporal Alvin Funk and Master Sergeant Earnest Malott with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the 303rd Bomb Group, c.1944.
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Object Number - HU 141115 - Ground crewmen Sergeant Albert Steele Jr, Corporal Alvin Funk and Master Sergeant Earnest Malott with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number...

Delivered Denver 2/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Long Beach 25/11/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-V] Molesworth 1/1/44; Missing in Action 937m) Paris 28/6/44 with Stan Wardowski, Navigator: Warren Birnbaum, Tail gunner: Don Wagner (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Neal Hainlin, Bombardier: Chas Eisel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Kowatch, Ball turret gunner: Ben Hope (4 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Albt Willard, Waist gunner: John Snede (2 evaded capture); flak, crashed Chievres-en-Laonnois, 11 miles NE of Laon, Frl; Missing Air Crew Report 6740.  OLD CROW.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Bomber crew portrait with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the  303rd Bomb Group
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O716622
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Bomber crew portrait with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the  303rd Bomb Group
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703473
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Sergeant Albert Steele Jr,  Corporal Alvin Funk and Master Sergeant Earnest Malott with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the  303rd Bomb Group
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39384219
Bomber crew portrait with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the  303rd Bomb Group
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1541829
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, CO 2 October 1943

Assigned

Molesworth Airfield, UK 1 January 1944

Other

Shot Down

Chievres-en-Laonnois, France 28 June 1944 Flak

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Removed reference to aircraft nickname Bad Penny search of 303rd Bomb Group mission reports suggests the aircraft was known as Old Crow from 5 January 1944, almost immediately after being delivered to unit.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Contributor466thHistorian
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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6740 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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