42-3498
Delivered Denver 12/7/43; Scribner 30/7/43; Kearney 3/8/43; Scott Fd 14/8/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-L] Framlingham 25/8/43 RED HEAD; Lt Jim Baker (nav) killed by prop after aircraft stopped because of flat tyre 27/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin (15m) 8/5/44 with Jim Son, Co-pilot: Ed Cahill, Navigator: John Dryden, Bombardier: Roswell Spoor, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dominic DeFillippis, Radio Operator: Jack Keck, Ball turret gunner: Earl Mayer, Waist gunner: Harry Blackmer, Waist gunner: Lloyd Barnes,Tail gunner: Howard Thomas (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ship spun in, crew unable to bale; crashed two miles S of Ostenholz, 25 miles N of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4582. HAP’S HAZARD aka RED HEAD.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18216616
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4582 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database