42-3293 Slightly Dangerous
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 2/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG Molesworth 12/8/43; transferred 560BS/388BG Knettishall 8/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Demetrious Karnezis, Co-pilot: John George (2 evaded capture); Navigator: Bill Frazier, Bombardier: Rich Loveless, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Arthur Gay (3 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jean Lawrence, Ball turret gunner: Alvin Morrison, Waist gunner: Ashby Smith, Waist gunner: Ray Schwabenbaur,Tail gunner: George Lincoln (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed La Chapelle-Champigny, near Sarbonne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3113. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33121848
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-121386
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Denver, CO, USA | 2 May 1943 | |
Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Hanover, Germany | 26 July 1943 | |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
La Chapelle Champigny, 89340 Champigny, France | 5 August 1943 - 6 September 1943 | Shot Down by enemy fighters. 5 KIA |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 388 BG 560 BS |
Revisions
Image from Fold3 recorded on the B-17 Flying Fortress website. https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-3293-slightly-dangerous/42-3293-…
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 93
http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=42-3293&dat…
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3113 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database