42-39895 Bermondsay Battler
Internet research including Army Air Forces forums: http://www.armyairforces.com/Info-on-the-Bermonsday-Special-m248201.aspx http://www.armyairforces.com/download.axd?file=0;248202
Object Number - UPL 15881 - 42-39895 "Bermondsay Battler" with Lt. Smith and crew.
Delivered Long Beach 1/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 22/12/43; 12+m Missing in Action Bunde 22/2/44 with Lee Smith, Co-pilot: 1st. Lt. Thomas Paxton Sherwood (in picture), Note: Co-pilot on 22.2.44 was 1st Lt. Rowland Evans (not shown in picture), Navigator: Leonard Meier, Bombardier: Harry Kaufman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Kemper, Radio Operator: John Zappala, Ball turret gunner: Lester Larson, Waist gunner: Andy Manning, Waist gunner: Reg Solway,Tail gunner: Larry Eden (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft crashed on Allhornsberg, at Hiddesen, three miles SW of Detmold, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2935. BERMONDSEY BATTLER.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681361
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 22 February 1944 |
Revisions
1st Lt. T.P. Sherwood Archives 1942-1945, Archivist John W. Sherwood, Seven Valleys PA 17.5.2019
1st Lt. T.P. Sherwood Archives 1942-1945, Archivist John W. Sherwood (son). Seven Valleys, PA 17.5.2019
Corrected spelling of aircraft name from "Bermondsdey" to "Bermondsday". Source - internet research/Army Air Forces forums http://www.armyairforces.com/download.axd?file=0;248202
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2935 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
