42-39841 Wacky Woody

Delivered Long Beach 16/9/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-G] Snetterton 9/10/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with 452BG crew with Bill Lupole WIA (leg amputated), Co-pilot: Bob Bateson, Navigator: John Buhs (Wounded in Action), Bombardier: Roy Bumstead (Wounded in Action), Radio Operator: Mitch McArthur, Ball turret gunner: Lyle Hathaway, Waist gunner: Harrison Savant, Waist gunner: Chas Hodge (wia-leg amputated),Tail gunner: Paul Kaltenbacher (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Baker (evaded capture?); enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4, crashed Saarwiesen, fields beside River Saar, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2862. WACKY WOODY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15334414
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-687281
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809523
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749669
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36417395
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 25 February 1944

Revisions

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ContributorPete
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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

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Veteran Description

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2862 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database