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42-31747 Lassie Come Home, Angel in de Skies

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Oklahoma City 15/1/44; Kearney 26/1/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-Q] Rougham 17/2/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 13/4/44 with Ray Gault, Co-pilot: John Kissell, Navigator: Howard Curtis, Bombardier: Larry Klein, (?Bill Liptzin togg?), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Andy Laskowski, Radio Operator: Frank Bonz, Ball turret gunner: Randoph Pemberton, Waist gunner: Don Krus, Waist gunner: Fred Jonas,Tail gunner: Hugh Chauvin (10INT); flak KOd #1 plus gas leak, force landed Dubendorf Afd, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 4006. LASSIE COME HOME aka ANGEL IN DE SKIES.

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Units served with

Five men in Air Force uniforms posed in front of a building. Three are standing and two kneeling. The three men standing are wearing dark bomber-style jackets and one man is holding two fingers up behind the head of another man.

332nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Frank J Bonz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Hugh B Chauvin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Howard D Curtis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-689573
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Raymond W Gault

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Fred A Jonas

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Aerial photography Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) airfield, looking north, the technical site and T2 hangar are to the right, 7 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1557. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bury St Edmunds

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Rougham

A B-17 Flying Fortress (QJ-D, serial number 42-32073) formerly of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, in service with the Swiss Air Force. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-32073, Dübendorf, 13-4-44.'

Dubendorf

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

13 April 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:40

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4006 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database