42-31371 Lucky 13 / Hairless Joe

media-57032.png UPL 57032

Facebook post, 452nd Bomb Group

Object Number - UPL 57032

Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z- ] Deopham Green 4/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Roy Stephens, Ray Hines, Lloyd Maidment, John Kuipers, Bill Griffith, Camiel Parisen (6 Killed in Action); Bob McClain, Dick Keller, Chas Parkhill, Jim Saucedo (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Varenesch, near Goldenstedt, six miloes E of Vechta, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3342. HAIRLESS JOE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35584844
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-001626
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39179803
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 23 March 1944

Revisions

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ContributorPete
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ContributorPete
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Facebook post, 452nd Bomb Group

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ContributorSunray
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https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/184422

Damaged by an exploding FW190 on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31371 'Lucky 13' exploded and crashed E of Vechta, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3342 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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