42-40002 Breezing Home
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Cheyenne 16/11/43; Kearney 19/11/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-D] Deenethorpe 29/12/43. Involved in parking accident at Little Staughton on 1 January 1944. 42-40002 lost brake hydraulic pressure while taxiing and struck another parked B-17, 42-37928. Pilot of 42-40002 that day was Clyde A. Lewis; Co-pilot: Mitchell K. Woods; Navigator: William M. Eaton; Radio Operator: Clarence R. Miner; passenger : Donald W. Michael, (5 Returned to Duty).
Missing in Action on the 19 June 1944 mission to the Bordeaux-Mérignac airfield. Pilot : William W. Trimble; Co-Pilot : Fred L. Shantz; Navigator : Beryl F. Lemke; Bombardier : Enver C. Cury; Engineer/Top Turret Gunner : Edward Tracey; Radio Operator : Jack Mackey; Ball Turret Gunner : John E. Schaffer; Left Wiast Gunner : Joseph P. Acker; Right Waist Gunner : Paul K. Courtad; Tail Gunner : William A. Armstrong (10 evaded capture). Flak KOd #2 & #4 and severed control cables. Crashed Le Pouyau, near Artiguillon, 4km South of Lesparre-Médoc, NW of Bordeaux, France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 6001.
See the pages for all 10 crew members at www.evasioncomete.be >>> Fiches (alphabetical listing)
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12098549
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34395238
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-745197
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32143812
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-36895
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Long Beach, CA, USA | 1 November 1943 | Delivered Long Beach 1-Nov-43. |
Assigned |
Deenethorpe Airfield, Deenethorpe NN17 3AN, UK | 29 December 1943 | Assigned 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Crashed |
Little Staughton, Bedford MK44 2BT, UK | 1 January 1944 | Involved in parking accident at Little Staughton on 1 January 1944. 42-40002 lost brake hydraulic pressure while taxiing and struck another parked B-17, 42-37928. |
Crashed |
Le Pouyau, Commune de Artiguillon, France | 19 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to the Bordeaux-Mérignac airfield. Hit by Flak, 1 motor on fire, two others out; leaking oil. All crew bailed out and evaded. |
Manufactured |
Las Vegas, NV, USA | Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
MACR 6001
Corrected typos in names (Shantz, Beryl Lemke)
Added full names of men on board 42-37928
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6001 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database