42-32087 Old Glory/Aint Misbehavin
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 8337 - A 452nd Bomb Group B-17G Flying Fortress ('M', serial number 42-32087) was damaged on the 6th of August 1944 and landed at Resmo in Sweden....
Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/44; Gr Island 17/2/44; Presque Is 12/3/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z-M] Deopham Green 13/3/44; Missing in Action Gdynia 6/8/44 with Louis Graber, Co-pilot: Morris Freed, Navigator: Fran Maloney, Bombardier: Nick Milcic, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hubert Meggs, Radio Operator: George Lucas, Ball turret gunner: Ray Wojewnik, Waist gunner: George Gouvas,Tail gunner: Jesse Olds (9INT); flak damaged engine, force landed Resmo, Sweden; Missing Air Crew Report 7387. Left for UK 28/5/45.
Airmen who perished on B-17G 42-32087 on 5 July 1945:-
Autenreith, Herbert D ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, IA
Baker, John W ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, NJ
Bonczar, Frank A ~ Pvt, Passenger, NY
Brubaker, Robert B ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, CA
Digman, Harold H ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, OR
Granholm, Harold F ~ Sgt, Passenger, NY
Green, James W ~ Corp, Passenger, MS
Guest, Joseph P ~ T/Sgt, Passenger, PA
Janney, Leonard H ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, IL
Michalowski, Edward J ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, NY
Pentney, John L ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, OR
Radzevich, Benny J ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Starr, James R ~ Sgt, Gunner, MA
Taylor, Charles A, Jr ~ Sgt, Passenger, MS
Zellers, Kenneth E ~ M/Sgt, Passenger, PA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17067515
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 42006346
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32478433
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Airplane Propeller Mechanic
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731454
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19021280
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Aircraft landed in Sweden |
Sweden | 6 August 1944 | Aircraft returned to England on 28 May 1945. |
|
Crashed |
Azores, Portugal | 5 July 1945 | On returning to USA in July 1945, the Benny Radzevich crew stopped at Azores overnight to refuel. shortly after departure next morning suffered an engine fire and had to ditch approximately 100 miles west of the islands. 4 men were rescued. 16 men did not survive |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7387 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
