42-39947 Chiquita
Delivered Long Beach 15/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG Chelveston 12/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 5/12/44 with Chas Todd, Ed Pfeiffer, Lloyd Olsen, Ray Colaizzi, Claud Taylor, Steve Payer, Tom Butler, Joe Vanderstelt, Chester Thompson (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Prenden, Gemany; Missing Air Crew Report 11040. CHIQUITA.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39339534
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15171275 / O-752803
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2066029
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33830128
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13106696 / O-824865
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Long Beach AAF, CA | 15 October 1943 | Delivered Long Beach AAF 15-Oct-43. |
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Assigned |
Chelveston, UK | 12 November 1943 | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Prenden, Germany | 5 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin with Chas Todd crew 5-Dec-44; flak crashed Prenden, Germany. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Vega. |
Revisions
Transcription error in summary- Chiquita was lost in '44 not '43. Look at the loss biographies of her crew- all are 1944. Plus my great-uncle's crew from the 365th had her as a loaner aircraft for a 6 August mission in 1944, impossible if she had been lost in 1943.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11040 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database