42-31370
Added connections to both aircraft involved in the collision.
Object Number - UPL 24036 - wreckage at Reedham
Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Gr Island 9/11/43; Nashville 11/11/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-O] Gt Ashfield 24/11/43; mid air coll with 42-37963 ex-Deipholz 21/2/44 with Capt John Hutchison, Co-pilot: Charles Curtis, Navigator: John Epps, Bombardier: Edmond Gamble, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Kitner, Radio Operator: William Dukes, Ball turret gunner: John Erhardt, Waist gunner: Emilio Corgnati, Waist gunner: Peter Bobulsky Jr, Tail gunner: Joseph Carpinetti, foto- Frank Creegan (11 Killed in Action); crash landed Reedham Marshes, Nfk., UK 21/2/44; Salvaged battle damaged 26/2/44. Used by various crews when their own ships were being serviced or repaired. Aircraft 42-31370 failed to acquire the nomenclature or any graphic nose art. Time Team did an episode on this crash, first broadcast 21 February 1999. Series 6, Episode 8.
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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: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35324186
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33349646
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11009774
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
![Sergeant Kosierowski, Sergeant Creegan and Sergeant Peek of the 385th Bomb Group load a camera into a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse; ‘Keystone Press.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 15 Nov 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘292891.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'FLYING FORTRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS. Without adequate photography, the fighting of this was by the Air Forces would be almost impossible. This is the story of how one Photo Unit on a Flying Fortress Station does its job of re](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380176.jpg.webp?itok=NN5V9XFm)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17075825
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Photographer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742971
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed |
Reedham, Norwich, UK | 21 February 1944 |
Revisions
No one has found any photo of the plane with any markings.
Correcting spelling of names
