42-40017 Assend, Miasses Dragon, Me and My Gal
Object Number - UPL 81315 - 42-40017, 'Assend' aka 'Me and My Gal' aka 'Miasses Dragon'
Delivered Long Beach 3/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 5/1/44 as ASSEND, re-named MIASSES DRAGON; transferred 535BS [MS-W]; lost #2 on return from Dessau 30/5/44 with Howard Yates, Navigator: Earl Reno, b/g-Sgt Paul Van Derzee, Radio Operator: Ron Founds, Ball turret gunner: Chester Erringer, Waist gunner: Bob Cantor, Tail gunner: Morton Ex (7 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: Bob Klutho (POW- bailed thinking control was lost); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Dixon (Killed in Action) Missing Air Crew Report 5385; salvaged in Europe 14/3/45. ME AND MY GAL.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35448138
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681360
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35274483
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 30 May 1944 |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description" - "salvaged" was misspelled.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5385 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
