42-31696

media-36667.jpeg UPL 36667 Sgt Abelardo L Rodriguez, Radio Operator/Gunner on B17 42-31696 381st Bomb Group, crashed on February 22ns 1944 at Sandebeck, 25 miles SE of Bielefeld, Germany

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Object Number - UPL 36667 - Sgt Abelardo L Rodriguez, Radio Operator/Gunner on B17 42-31696 381st Bomb Group, crashed on February 22ns 1944 at Sandebeck, 25 miles SE of...

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; New Castle 30/12/43; Presque Is 7/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS- ] Ridgewell 20/2/44; Missing in Action {1m} Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Henry Hustedt, Co-pilot: Keith Mauzy, Navigator: Oral Hert, Bombardier: Stan Inglis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Tell, Ball turret gunner: Rocco Russo, Waist gunner: Vito Kuracina,Tail gunner: Bob Pingel (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Abelardo Rodriguez, Waist gunner: Leslie Hanna (2KIA-both killed before bale out); enemy aircraft, crashed Sandebeck, 25 miles SE of Bielefeld, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2932.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Leslie J Hanna

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Oral H Hert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Henry J Hustedt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Stanley B Inglis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Vito R Kuracina

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 22 February 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2932 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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