42-3307 Skipper
Delivered Cheyenne 27-May-43; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 4-Jub-43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-N] Thorpe Abbotts 9-Jun-43; on takeoff for Frankfurt the aircraft dove down to miss another aircraft during assembly and could not recover and was crash landed near base at High London Farm, Shelfhanger, Nfk, setting off incendiaries which demolished ship. Salvaged 25-Jan-44. SKIPPER. Aircraft was Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) 1KIA 9RTD Survivors all had minor injuries.
CREW
P Archie J. Drummond (RTD); CP 2LT Claude E. Schindler (RTD)
N 2LT Frank J. McGuire (RTD); B 2LT Maurice G. Zetlan (KOM)
E/TTG TSGT Sidney A. Cary (RTD); RO TSGT Talbert E. Spenhoff (RTD)
BTG SSGT John P. Pendleton (RTD); LWG SGT Steven M. Szekley (RTD)
RWG SSGT Guthrie H. Head (RTD); TG Nocholas Petrovich (RTD)
Connections
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Units served with
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14092847 / O-37168
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 24 January 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
722, 6207 Missile Dr, Cheyenne, WY 82005, USA | 27 May 1943 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 27-May-43. |
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Assigned |
Thorpe Abbotts, Diss IP21 4JA, UK | 9 July 1943 | Assigned 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
|
Crashed |
Shelfanger, Diss IP22 2EQ, UK | 25 January 1944 | Crash landed Shelfhanger, Norfolk after avoiding mid air collision 25-Jan-44 9 x RTD, 1 x KIA. A/C DBR. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA, USA | Built at Douglas. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 12-Jan-2016. Converted dates to USAAF military-style signification; made connections to Unit, Place, and Mission, Added Block number and Coding, Added crew position, rank, full proper name and disposition of all crew memembers and formatted crew disply per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.