42-3545 Lizbeth II
Object Number - UPL 19222 - B-17F 42-3545 'Lizbeth II' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Denver 2/8/43; Grand Island 12/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 9/43; with K. Rongstad force landed Sntterton Heath 10/10/43; with Andy Rozentinsky 20/12/43 Flight engineer/top turret gunner: T Whitman, Waist gunner: S. Eastling (both wia); 13m, Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Andy Rozentinsky, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Vandam (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Phil Warner, Navigator: Jennings Beck, Bombardier: Omar Patterson (3 evaded capture); Radio Operator: Bob Buchanan, Ball turret gunner: Chas Staudt, Waist gunner: Ragnar Kvickstrom, Waist gunner: Larry Esala,Tail gunner: Bill Kiner (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hulste, 19 miles SW of Ghent, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 2257. LIZBETH II.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685753
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13057233 / O-673453
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39026968
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37271477
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13132315
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 29 January 1944
- Date: 20 December 1943
- Date: 16 December 1943
- Date: 13 December 1943
![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg.webp?itok=nKEJNh_9)
- Date: 11 December 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Snetterton, Norwich, Norfolk NR16, UK | 10 October 1943 | Force landed Snetterton Heath 10/10/43. Pilot Lt K Rongstad. |
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Crashed |
Horham, Eye, Suffolk IP21, UK | 20 December 1943 | Force landed with pilot Lt Andy Rozentinsky 20/12/43. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hulste, 8531 Harelbeke, Belgium | 29 January 1944 - 29 January 1944 | Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Hulste, 19 miles SW of Ghent, Belgium. (2 x POW, 3 x EVD, 5 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2257. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Added camouflage notes.
AAM DB Entry.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
