42-31462 Roarin Bill

media-19431.jpeg UPL 19431 Flying Fortress B-17G 42-31462 "Roarin' Bill" 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

AAM DB Entry Correction.

Object Number - UPL 19431 - Flying Fortress B-17G 42-31462 "Roarin' Bill" 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Kearney 17/11/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [ET-R] Horham 13/12/43; S/Sgt Gardner Wright (Killed in Action) 11/4/44; with G. R. Hall force landed RAF Woodbridge 12/12/44, all OK; Missing in Action [97m] Strasburg 20/1/45 with Capt Frank F Beard, Co-pilot: James R Wagner, Navigator: Mervin L Hayne, Bombardier: Maurice O Messenger, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John T Griffth Wounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: George E Treese,Tail gunner: James F Boyer (7 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Raleigh J Solomon, Waist gunner: Robert M Gallop (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed (Lerchenberg?) near Eutsheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12320. ROARIN' BILL.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Frank F Beard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James F Boyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert M Gallop

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

John T Griffith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Melvin L Hayne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

801

  • Date: 20 January 1945

748

  • Date: 12 December 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Combat casualty

11 April 1944 S/Sgt Gardner Wright (Killed in Action) 11/4/44.

Crashed

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK 12 December 1944 Force landed RAF Woodbridge 12/12/44. Pilot Lt G R Hall.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 20 January 1945 - 20 January 1945 Missing in Action Strasburg 20/1/45. Cause - flak, crashed (Lerchenberg?) near Eutsheim, Germany; (7 x RTD, 2 x POW) Missing Air Crew Report MACR12320.

Revisions

Date10 Dec 2015 20:22:03
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:38
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12320 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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