42-3500

Object Number - UPL 45400 - B-17F-70-DL #42-3500 482nd BG - 812th BS - 8th AF Pathfinder aircraft shot down by flak on 4 February 1944

Delivered Long Beach 16/7/43; Rome 6/8/43; Assigned 812BS/482BG [MI-J] Alconbury 9/43 (H2-X); Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/2/44 with Warren Bock Wounded in Action, Co-pilot: Glen Kofoed, Navigator: Dwight Lambert, Bombardier: Regis Murtha, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Hankins, radar op-Capt Dave Williams, Ball turret gunner: Bob Laut, Waist gunner: Guilford Colvin, Waist gunner: Lt Roger Layne, Tail gunner: Bill Cotter, Tail gunner: Bruce Fellows (11 Prisoner of War), mickey op-Lt Col David Alford HSX Op (EVD-liberated by US troops Sept ’44 in Ardennes); flak, Col Alford made force landed in field between Meddo & Zwolle, nt Winterswijk, Holl. Missing Air Crew Report 3159.

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Units served with

Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

David G Alford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot, Pilot, Command
Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott Vandevanter Jr. commanding officer of the 385th Bomb Group, talks to First Lieutenant Sam Dixon, Second Lieutenant Warren Bock and Technical Sergeant Alford Peterson after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress "Lady Susie II". Passed for publication 28 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Youth Of The Flying Fortresses. USP/224I-35. The young Commander of this youthful Fortress unit returns from a mission which he led. (Left to right) Lt. Col. Elliott Vandevanter Jr., of Was

Warren E Bock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Guilford L Colvin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

William A Cotter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Bruce S Fellows

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Tail Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 4 February 1944

Revisions

Date5 Nov 2020 18:35:53
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to description
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:44
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2249 / MACR 3159 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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