42-3534 Ol' Dad
Delivered Denver 24/7/43; Dyersburg 31/8/43;
Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-R then L] Thorpe Abbotts 9/9/43;
Missing in Action on mission to Le Culot air base, Belgium on 27/4/44 with Winans Shaddix (EVD, ret UK and then US); Co-pilot: George T. Sullivan, Navigator: Raymond C. Lestico, Bombardier: Cole M. Dailey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: James H. Lee, Radio Operator: Frederick H. Erb, Ball turret gunner: John B. Cortelletty, Waist gunner: Kenneth V. Hale, Waist gunner: William F. Cornelius, Tail gunner: Hugh Hamilton (9 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #3, crashed Ardooie, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report 4268. OL' DAD.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32142159
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14094112
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34700153
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37177112
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Navigator / Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20416708 / O-747903
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
27 April 1944 | near Ardooie, Belgium |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Randy Holliday, son of 100th BG, 418th BS co-pilot Reg C. Holliday.
MACR 4268
100th BG website page for the Shaddix crew at https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=353:lt…
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4268 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database