42-37826 No Excuse
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NARA Ref 342-FH-3A19513-E26957AC.
AAM DB Entry Correction.
Object Number - UPL 19449 - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, flying through one of Hun's heaviest AA defenses. (Dec 16, 43). 95th Bomb Group. 42-37826 "No Excuse" (95th BG 335th BS...
Delivered Denver 13/9/43; Scott 28/9/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 30/9/43; with R.L. Carson force landed Scaulthorpe AFB 13/11/434; 17m, Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Chas Cole, Co-pilot: Jim Boswell, Navigator: Frank McKenna (3 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Luth Graeff, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Kushnerick, Radio Operator: Bob Maddox, Ball turret gunner: Santo Cerniglia, Waist gunner: Sam Johnston, Waist gunner: Chas Harris,Tail gunner: Joe Menendez (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed in street at Engden-Schuttorf, near Jackering, SE of Nordhorn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2543. NO EXCUSE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20946205 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Missions
![Technical Sergeant Edward Fee of the 91st Bomb Group enjoys a cup of coffee surrounded by his comrades at Bassingbourn after his final mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-27150 AC - HQ 8th AAF Photo Section, 20 Dec 1943. Ovation on Return. Congratulated on the completion of his tour of "Ops", T/Sgt. Edward Fee (holding cup), 30, of Charlestown, Mass., is surrounded by flying mates as he awaits interrogation. T/Sgt. Fee, holder of Air Medal and slated for the DFC, is aerial engineer of Fortres](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408263.jpg?itok=lW84xLKS)
- Date: 22 December 1943
![A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group , Cottishall, December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '798, CH. Crash, Cottishall, 12/43.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-413577.jpg?itok=0WgQN2CL)
- Date: 16 December 1943
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- 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/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg?itok=vqYd9b1f)
- Date: 11 December 1943
![A B-24 Liberator nicknamed "The Oklahoman", piloted by Lieutenant Mason of the 389th Bomb Group bursts into flame during a mission, 5 December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5/12/43B - 3, 147. 147/RFWD148. 389 BG B-24 struck by flak and destroyed 12/5/43.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-414012.jpg?itok=LuNAY7Tl)
- Date: 5 December 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Sculthorpe, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21, UK | 13 November 1943 | Force landed Scaulthorpe AFB 13/11/43. Pilot Lt R L Carson. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Engden, Germany | 10 February 1944 - 10 February 1944 | Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed in street at Engden-Schuttorf, near Jackering, SE of Nordhorn, Germany. (7 x POW, 3 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR2543. |