42-37874 Who Dat - Ding Bat

Delivered Denver 1/10/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 2/11/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 3/11/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Bill Swope, Co-pilot: Norm Weider, Navigator: Bob Prolow (washed up in dinghy at Whitstable, Kent), Bombardier: Doug Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Robinson, Radio Operator: Dick Street, Ball turret gunner: Jim Harbison, Waist gunner: Earl Robinson, Waist gunner: Elmer Congdon (washed up in dinghy at Whitstable, Kent), Tail gunner: Francis Magner (10 Killed in Action); ran out of fuel, crashed Tessel Is., Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1532. WHO DAT - DING BAT.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

People

W L Swope

Douglas H Baker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
W L Swope

Elmer Fratus Congdon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31143395
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
W L Swope

James H Harbison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
W L Swope

Francis J Magner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11105273
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Robert Prolow

Robert Charles H Prolow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-670241
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Bremen, Germany 29 November 1943

Crashed

Texel, Netherlands

Revisions

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Contributorhermanns
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Sources

385th BG website

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1532 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database