42-37856 Fancy Nancy III

Delivered Denver 21/9/43; Scott 7/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-B] Deenethorpe 23/12/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Ron Rohner, Navigator: Stan Johnson, Bombardier: Emil Smetana, Radio Operator: John Morreale, Ball turret gunner: Ken Dickerson (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Frank Leonard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Surowski, Waist gunner: Cliff Barker, Waist gunner: Lowell Reif, Tail gunner: Harry Cyr (5 Prisoner of War); flak damage then FW190 KO’d #2, crashed Beienrode, three miles N of Konigslutter, 11 miles E of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report (2276) 2876. FANCY NANCY III.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Donald M Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735233
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator / Bombardier

Clifford Eugene Barker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35368934
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Harold Francis Cyr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16095835
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R: Front row: M/Sgt Victor Magnuson (C/C), Sgt William Hemmila (Asst). Back row: Cpl Howard McKinney, Scribner Daily (P), Sgt Herbert Westentaf.'

Scribner Cobb Dailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13052760 / O-801490
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Kenneth G Dickerson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31188990
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 30 January 1944

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=37856

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in the A/C “Description” for clarity.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the nickname mentioned in the A/C “Description”. Added a connection to the 8th AF.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2276 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database