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.
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- Date: 20 July 1944
- Date: 19 July 1944
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- Date: 18 July 1944
- Date: 14 July 1944
- Date: 13 July 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
9 September 1944 |
Revisions
390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum. https://5085.sydneyplus.com/archive/Portal/390th.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAAH…
390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum. https://5085.sydneyplus.com/archive/Portal/390th.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAAH…
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.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8911 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database