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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  • Date: 12 August 1944
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  • Date: 8 August 1944

529

  • Date: 7 August 1944
A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'

524

  • Date: 6 August 1944
A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.

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  • Date: 3 August 1944

Events

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Combat casualty

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

Crashed

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

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

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.

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https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/132

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

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ContributorAAM
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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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