42-31989 Spam Can : Black Magic : Shady Lady
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 3907 - A B-17G Flying Fortress (ET-B, serial number 42-31989) of the 336th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group that has crash-landed 1 April 1944. Official...
Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/44; Kearney 22/2/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 27/2/44; 336BS [ET-B]; on return from mission landing gear would not lower and crash landed RAF Honington, Suffolk, with Harry Rivenbark, Co-pilot: cp-Boll Bohrer, Navigator: Alex Cochran, Bombardier: Lewis Mayo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken McGraw, Radio Operator: Tony Locicero, Ball turret gunner: Harry Chase, Waist gunner: John Friedman, Waist gunner: Tom Robertson, Tail gunner: John Gregovich (10 Returned to Duty);
75m, Missing in Action Munich 25/2/45 with Karel Havlik, Co-pilot: Don Johnson, Navigator: Lloyd Brandborg, Bombardier: Sgt Bob Welsh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Maruk, Radio Operator: Tom Conry, Ball turret gunner: George Hintz, Waist gunner: Chas Jones, Tail gunner: Wilbur Schraner (9 INT); the pilotless aircraft flew on to crash landed Muswangen, on edge of Lake Baldegger, near Emmensee, Switz; BLACK MAGIC (not painted on a/c).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37414163
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner/Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Missions
- Date: 26 August 1944
- Date: 15 August 1944
- Date: 12 August 1944
- Date: 8 August 1944
- Date: 7 August 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
1 April 1944 | On return from mission landing gear would not lower and crash landed RAF Honington, Suffolk. (10 x RTD) Pilot Lt Harry R Rivenbark. | |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
24 May 1944 - 24 May 1944 | Failed to Return Munich mission 25/2/45. The pilotless aircraft flew on to crash land at Muswangen, on edge of Lake Baldegger, near Emmensee, Switzerland. (9 x INT). |
Revisions
Added a space (2 places) in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity .
When flown by the 336th Bomb Squadron's Howard Slusser crew (Apr - Jul 1944), this aircraft was known as "Shady Lady".
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5177 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database