42-5071
B-17F 42-5071 was delivered Tulsa 17-Sep-42; New Castle 10-Oct-42; Assigned 367BS/305BG Chelveston 1-Nov-42; Missing in Action 20-Dec-42 while on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Nangis, France. 7KIA 2POW 1EVD. No MACR issued.
P 1lt Danton J. Nygaard (POW); CP 1Lt Daniel D. DeButts (KIA)
N 2Lt Frank B. Leasman (POW); B 2Lt John S. Trost (EVD)
E/TTG SSgt Cecil J. Floyd (KIA); RO SSgt Robert B. Sandlin (KIA);
BTG SSgt Arnold E. Pearson (KIA); WG Sgt Stephen Ross (KIA)
WG Sgt Arthur A. Bloom (KIA); TG Sgt Edwin A. Simoncek (KIA)
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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: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-659674
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 4725999
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return FTR-MIA |
Nangis, France | 20 December 1942 | Attacked by German aircraft shortly after leaving the target and crashed near Nangis, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2014. Edited crew positions per Escape & Evasion Report #28.
Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2014 Added FTR event per existing website data.
Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2014. Added target information to description, converted dates to military-style designations, added rank, full proper names, dispositions and formatted crew information per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.