42-32003 Shoo shoo baby

Delivered Cheyenne 14/1/44; Dalhart 26/1/44; Kearney 22/2/44; Presque Is 24/2/44; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield, but transferred 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/44; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Bill Knowles, Co-pilot: Jim Pennal, Navigator: Guido Rosa, Bombardier: Bob Green, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Herrmann, Radio Operator: Jennings Stutler, Ball turret gunner: Paul Pelletier, Waist gunner: Paul Kret, Waist gunner: Ray Dearner, Tail gunner: Harry Gandee (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, off Rostock, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3774. SHOO SHOO BABY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

People

Raymond K Deamer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Raymond K Deamer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13092175
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Harold E Gandee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert Gordon Green

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683128
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Albert Leroy Herrmann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 April 1944

Revisions

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 3774 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database