42-39987 Pin Ball

Delivered Long Beach 27/10/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-D] Polebrook 30/1/44; 29m Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Bob Probasco, Co-pilot: Steve Llewellyn, Navigator: Bill Bragg, Bombardier: Bruno Branch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herman Ulreich, Waist gunner: Ed Frankowski (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Arlie Moore, Ball turret gunner: Norman Ringstmeyer, Waist gunner: Ray Seaman,Tail gunner: Jim Singleton (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd #2 and #3 along with oxygen, crashed three miles S of Alt-Leonnewitz Afd, near Falkenberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5328. PIN BALL.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William P Bragg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Bruno Branch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Edward J Frankowski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Benjamin T Jeremiah

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-702925
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Intelligence Officer

Stephen B Lewellyn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Long Beach, CA, USA 27 October 1943 Delivered Long Beach 27-Oct-43.

Assigned

Polebrook, Peterborough PE8 5LN, UK 30 January 1944 Assigned to 511BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Falkenberg, Sweden 28 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 enemy aircraft KO'd #2 and #3 along with oxygen, crashed three miles Sth of Alt-Leonnewitz Afd, near Falkenberg; 6 x POW, 4 x KIA MACR 5328.

Manufactured

Las Vegas, NV, USA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-39987&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28641849
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5328 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database