42-31515 The Wild Hare
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 3512 - An airman of the 91st Bomb Group in the cockpit of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31515) nicknamed "The Wild Hare" at Bassingbourn.
Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Rock Springs 26/11/43; Kearney 14/12/43; Romulus 17/12/43; Syracuse 19/12/43; Presque Is 22/12/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J/N] Bassingbourn 21/1/44; 401BS [LL-M] 29/4/44; Missing in Action 25m Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Bob Flint, Co-pilot: Dave Bishop, Navigator: Bob Miller, Waist gunner: Glenn Lynch (4 Prisoner of War); Togglier: Dan Hiner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Charles Cumings, Radio Operator: John Kendall, Ball turret gunner: Bartolomeo Zanotto, Tail gunner: Owen Monkman (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, exploded crashed Grossenging, near Cloppenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10836. THE WILD HARE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-927629
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36817724
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1012030
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15354958
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 26 November 1944 |
Revisions
Corrected fates of airmen in description of 26 November 1944 mission - Glen P Lynch survived and was taken as a POW. See his daughter's comment on his record:
"I am G. Paul Lynch's daughter, and I can verify that he was not killed in action. As of 11/3/2016 he is still very much alive!"
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10836 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
