42-37852 Grand Old Lady, The Pay Off
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Delivered Denver 20/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-T] Rougham 9/10/43 as GRAND OLD LADY. Missing in Action Berlin 18 April 1944 with Pilot Matthew L. Dillard, Co-pilot: Eli Theriault, Navigator: Thomas A. McQuade, Bombardier: Thomas E. O’Leary, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry J. Swidergal, Radio Operator: Stanley Schaefer, Ball turret gunner: Delzon I. Dennison, Left Waist gunner: Neil E. Weeks, Tail gunner: Henry F. Wojciechowski (9 Prisoner of War); Right Waist gunner: Frank E. Timberlake (Killed in Action). Enemy aircraft, crashed Vietznitz, four miles East of Friesack/Westhavelland, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4157. THE PAY OFF.
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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: 410th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12142865
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38348038
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-748158
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 410th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 18029377 / O-683679
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698133
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Missions
- Date: 18 April 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 18 April 1944 | crashed (or emergency landing ?) Friesack/Westhavelland, NE of Berlin |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4157 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database