42-3500

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

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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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802124
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 4 February 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAAM
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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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