42-39902 The Big Noise
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Delivered Long Beach 8/10/43; Walla Walla 7/11/43; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 5/1/44; returning from Zwickau 12/5/44 with Bill Denham, (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Clarry Harmon (POW- misunderstood instructions and bailed out early); sal battle damaged 21/9/44, Missing Air Crew Report 4817; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/10/45; 237 BU Kirtland 29/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46. BIG NOISE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33572781
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 12 May 1944 |
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the "Summary biography" sections of several crew including the Pilot “William E Denham”.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4817 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database