42-31854 Baby Buggy

Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/43; Kearney 30/1/44; Grenier 18/2/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-L] Framlingham 26/2/44; Missing in Action Dusseldorf 9/9/44 with Len Hilsenhoff, Co-pilot: Ed Seefeldt, Navigator: Jim Merge, Bombardier: Ned Higgins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Tharpe, Radio Operator: Murray Wolfe, Ball turret gunner: Bill Martin (7 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Bill Kump, Tail gunner: Yoraham Marcus `Wounded in Action` (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit caused aircraft to explode, crashed Hubbelrath, near Mettmann, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8911. BABY BUGGY.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

People

James R Merge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Edward S Seefeldt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-704505
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

George Clinton Temples

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Eugene W Tharpe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Murray Wolf

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Missions

545

  • Date: 12 August 1944
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. There is also some gear lying in front of the men.

531

  • Date: 8 August 1944

529

  • Date: 7 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

9 September 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.  https://5085.sydneyplus.com/archive/Portal/390th.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAAH…

Date
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.  https://5085.sydneyplus.com/archive/Portal/390th.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAAH…

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8911 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database