42-31669 Shoo Shoo Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Gt Falls 8/12/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Romulus 8/1/44; Presque Is 10/1/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-J] Molesworth 15/2/44; Missing in Action Erding (20m) 24/4/44 with Ray Hoffman, Co-pilot: Bob Snyder, Navigator: Sam Minkowitz, Bombardier: Elmer Israelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Blakeney, Radio Operator: Seymour Berman, Ball turret gunner: Ollie Crenshaw, Waist gunner: Tracy Lawson, Waist gunner: John W. Bahr, Tail gunner: Tom Hickey (10 INT); flak KOd #4, force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 4270. Salvaged 12/10/45. SHOO SHOO `BABY'.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

John W Bahr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Seymour Berman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12192232
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

William R Blakeney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38233723
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Ollie G Crenshaw

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14181910
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Thomas P Hickey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13031369
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

24 April 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the "Summary biography".

Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.

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Contributorrbahr79
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I was reading the description of this aircraft and noticed the waist gunners last name was misspelled and missing his middle initial. He was my grandfather so I made a correction

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4270 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database