42-3393 Just-A-Snappin'
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Object Number - UPL 55396 - 42-3393 - 'Just A Snappin'.
Just-A-Snappin is best remembered for bringing her crew back from Bremen on 8th October 1943, despite being badly damaged and with wounded men onboard. Damage to the hydraulics rendered the brakes inoperable and the B-17 crashed into a lone oak tree in a field near Ludham, close to Thorpe Abbotts. Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Dow Field 1/7/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 5/7/43; battle damaged Bremen 8/10/43 with following crew: 1st Lt Everett E.Blakely, Pilot
2nd Lt Charles A.Via,Jr., Co-Pilot
1st Lt Harry Crosby, Navigator
2nd Lt James R.Douglass, Bombardier
T/Sgt Monroe B.Thornton, Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
T/Sgt Edmund G.Forkner, Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt William F. McClelland, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt Edward S. Yevich, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt Lyle E.Nord, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt Lester W.Saunders, Waist Gunner
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Pilot / Operations Officer / Mission Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36240497
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36600511
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
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Revisions
Added a connection to Mission "VIII Bomber Command 111" per info in the A/C Description section.
Added a unit connection to the 418th BS mentioned in the A/C "Description".
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database