42-39917 Pretty baby, lady satan
Delivered Long Beach 8/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 748BS/452BG Deopham Green 4/1/44; Missing in Action Rostock 24/2/44 with Harry Holland, Co-pilot: John Rogers, Navigator: Frank Karpeles, Bombardier: John Apostolos, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Coppola, Radio Operator: Ed Toland, Ball turret gunner: Tom Sweda, Waist gunner: Armelio Pilosi,Tail gunner: Doug Leinweber (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Tom Raines (KIA-died of wounds two days later); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Jornsdorf, two miles NE of Neubukowith Mecklenburg, 15 miles SW of Rostock, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2894. PRETTY BABY aka LADY SATAN.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 24 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2894 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database