42-5360 Old Faithful : War Bride

media-20774.jpeg UPL 20774 B-17F/42-5360 as War Bride 303rd Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 20774 - B-17F/42-5360 as War Bride

Delivered Tulsa 20/11/42; New Castle 13/12/42; Assigned 358BS/303BG Molesworth [VK-N] 8/1/43; Missing in Action [35m] Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Harry Schwaebe, Co-pilot: Harry Dumse, Navigator: Paul Degnan, Bombardier: Wilburn Wiley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Foreman, Radio Operator: Mark Tudor, Ball turret gunner: Ben Harvey, Waist gunner: Jim Malcolm, Tail gunner: George Lott (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Russ Whitesell (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Goslar, near Detmold, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1926. OLD FAITHFUL aka WAR BRIDE.

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Delivered

20 November 1942 Delivered Tulsa AAF 20-Nov-42.

Assigned

8 January 1943 Assigned 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

11 January 1944 Crew ordered to bailout around Detmold, Germany. All 10 crew members bailed out, whereas one was later killed, the crew believing he was shot upon reaching the ground. The rest were taken prisoner.

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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303rd Bomb Group records

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303rd BG Web Page

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1926 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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