42-37738 Miss america

Object Number - UPL 45480 - B-17G-10 -DL 42-37738 Miss America of 8th AF, 91st BG. 322nd BS

Delivered Denver 11/8/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-T] Bassingbourn 24/9/43; Missing in Action Osnabruck 22/12/43 with Ed Steel, Co-pilot: Bill Myers, Navigator: Bob Emmick, Bombardier: Fred Weyerts, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Holderbach, Radio Operator: George Harris, Waist gunner: Howard Thornlew, Waist gunner: Elmer Tobia, Tail gunner: Jim Lane (9 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Gerald Glaze (KIA-bailed out but drowned in North Sea); enemy aircraft, crashed on Hoogovens foundry at Vesel, near Ijmuiden, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1715.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Robert F Emmick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Gerald D Glaze

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

George D Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12180643
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Henry G Holderbach

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

James G Lane

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 22 December 1943

Revisions

Date6 Feb 2022 20:18:08
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to description
Sources

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

Date13 Oct 2020 12:24:33
Contributorphil marchese
ChangesChanges to media associations
Sources

Jing Zhou B-17 fkying fortress database
via FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945; MARCHESE. 12 OCT 2020

Date13 Oct 2020 12:13:45
Contributorphil marchese
ChangesChanges to production block number, nicknames, markings and media associations
Sources

B-17 flying Fortress data base , Jing Zhou via FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945.; MARCHESE

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

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1715 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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