42-3312 Sequatchiee
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 8278 - A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress (DI-K, serial number 42-3312) of the 570th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1871-A. Hon....
Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-K] Framlingham 14/7/43.
On Duren mission 20/10/43 with Charles Swafford , Lts. Gene Corbin & Clarry Cobb, Sgts. Lambert Geerlings & Harry Daniels all bailed but were KIA, (possibly fired on while in chutes) however the plane returned. (MACR 14417)
Missing in Action Huls 22/6/44 with Jim Bonner, Co-pilot: Leon Schapiro, Navigator: Dean Jensen Wounded in Action, Bombardier: Gene Friedman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Knobel, Ball turret gunner: Bob Rhoades, Waist gunner: Albt Gregoris, Waist gunner: Jim Grant, Tail gunner: Elvin Clinkenbeard (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Lowry Kelley (Killed in Action). Flak KO’d engine, crashed La Sablonniere, near Dreux, near Chartres, France. (Missing Air Crew Report 5927). SEQUATCHIEE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17074759
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31111295
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 13 April 1944
- Date: 12 April 1944
- Date: 11 April 1944
- Date: 1 April 1944
- Date: 31 December 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
5 May 1943 | ||
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Assigned |
14 July 1943 | 390BG 570BS | |
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Other Combat Mission |
20 October 1943 | Four members of the crew bailed out but were all KIA. It is possible they were fired on while in their parachutes or killed after reaching the ground. The a/c returned to Framlingham | |
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Other Forced Belly Landing |
31 December 1943 | ||
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Crashed |
22 June 1944 | Shot down by flak | |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
22 June 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5927 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database