42-3328 Miss Fortune
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Tinker 22/7/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-D] Framlingham 15/7/43; Missing in Action (15m) Munster 10/10/43 with Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: Darwin Michaelson, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Lew Gardner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Ball turret gunner: Walt Swinichowski (6 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Clarry Payne, Waist gunner: John Danielson, Waist gunner: Bill Wenckens, Tail gunner: Carl Spirito (4 Prisoner of War); hit by rocket and collided with #42-3415 (390BG); tail of plane came off and aircraft broke in half, crashed Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, near Burgsteinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 861. MISS FORTUNE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33202425
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794590
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32362853
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32363082
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20820372
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 23 September 1943
- Date: 15 September 1943
- Date: 9 September 1943
- Date: 7 September 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 September 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Denver, CO | 10 May 1943 | |
Assigned |
Framlingham Airfield, UK | 15 July 1943 | 390BG 568BS BI-D |
Other Shot Down |
Vorsundern, Germany | 10 October 1943 | Hit by an aerial rocket and collided with another 390th BG B-17. Wade Sneed Crew |
Revisions
Markings note added per group practice forcperiod and as evidenced in image.
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
http://5085.sydneyplus.com/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 861 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database