42-31497 Round Trip Jeannie
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Object Number - UPL 55191 - "Round-Trip Jeannie" photographed just one day before she was lost in action.
Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Wilmington 13/12/43; Westover 16/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-N] Ridgewell 22/1/44; Missing in Action Cottbus 11/4/44 with Bob Hesse, Co-pilot: Bob Gatewood, Navigator: Theo Noga, Bombardier: Leo Bach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Brua Hollenbeck, Radio Operator: Frank Sexton, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Blanch, Waist gunner: Alvin Nelson,Tail gunner: Roy Puryear (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Welkenberg, six miles SW of Weisswasser, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3821. (First group loss with only a nine man crew-less a waist gunner) ROUND TRIP JEANNIE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35545008
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798677
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35523208
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3821 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database