42-38127 Liberty Ship
Delivered Denver 21/12/43; Gr Island 24/1/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-F] Horham 6/2/44; 11m, caught fire and ditched on Air Sea Rescue mission 22/4/44 with Capt. Perry L. Huie (RTD,co-polit Lt. William Y. Stterfield, along with seven survivors); Waist gunner: Joseph E. Roderick, Waist gunner: Charles S. Smiley (2 Killed in Service); fire broke out in cockpit and forced to ditch off Ostend, Bel; picked up by RAF Walrus which taxied back to UK; Missing Air Crew Report 4263. LIBERTY SHIP.
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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: 95th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15329212
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 20 April 1944
- Date: 18 April 1944
- Date: 13 April 1944
- Date: 12 April 1944
- Date: 11 April 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 22 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4263 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database