42-38183 The Lost Angel

media-26146.jpeg UPL 26146 42-38183

Yorkshireman

Object Number - UPL 26146 - 42-38183

Delivered Denver 8/1/44; Albuquerque 12/1/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 10/2/44; then 524BS [WA-G] ; flak battle damaged during raid on Magdeburg 28/9/44. Took out 2 engines on one wing, flak came through the windshield and glass got into the pilot's eyes. Crash landed at Kimbolton. Pilot: Stan Bailey, Co-pilot: Sumner Alpert flew plane back to Kimbolton, received DFC. Navigator: Jim Rung, Bombardier: Bill Coles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Plough, Radio Operator: Harry Gates, Ball turret gunner: John Ingram, Waist gunner: Frank Culfe (8 Returned to Duty); Tail gunner: Phil Maniaci (Prisoner of War); Missing Air Crew Report 9363; repaired & sal re-ass 482BG, then 384BG 1/6/45. THE LOST ANGEL.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

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

People

Sumner Mervin Alpert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-767963
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Stanley E Bailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-819184
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Lawrence Edwin Becker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19179290
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Russell F Boyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Harold Homer Cates

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35217298
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Missions

Related videos and documents

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Document 40016

  • Media Type: Document
  • Object Number: Document 40016
  • Description: Edited Field Order #506: Madgeburg Sep. 28, 1944 describing The Lost Angel (a/c 42-38183) returning to base with no incident.

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver AAF, CO 8 January 1944 Delivered Denver AAF 8-Jan-44.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Kimbolton, UK 28 September 1944 Battle damage on Madgeburg raid, returned to base ejecting ball turret en route, belly landed 8 RTD. MACR 9363

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28678953

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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ContributorBrad Alpert
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Brad Alpert son of Sumner Alpert

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ContributorBrad Alpert
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Brad Alpert son of Sumner Alpert

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28678953

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ContributorTennyBelle
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8th AF mission database

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ContributorTennyBelle
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379th Archive

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ContributorLucy May
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Associated based on tail number visible in the uploaded photographs.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9363 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-38183: Gallery (9 items)

A B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-C, serial number 42-38183) nicknamed "The Lost Angel" of the 379th Bomb Group after being crash landing by Lieutenant Edmund H Lutz at Kimbolton. Printed caption on reverse: '71325 AC - A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 379th Bomb Group crashed as it came in for a landing at its 8th Air Force base in England. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

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