42-5918 Heavenly Daze

Delivered Long Beach 7/5/43; Denver 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 19/5/43; Dow Fd 4/6/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-J] Horham 15/6/43; Ball turret gunner: D. Jacoby [wia] 13/12/43; 36m, Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Jim Foley, Co-pilot: Paul Keith, Navigator: Chas Shaughnessy, Bombardier: Chas Wayman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irving Rothman, Radio Operator: Earl Carter, Waist gunner: Ed Ciesler, Waist gunner: Bill King, Tail gunner: Bill Hobbs (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Warren Cadle (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Schwege, W of Lemforde, near Oldenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2010. HEAVENLY DAZE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Warren S Cadle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39539003
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Earl O Carter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36702309
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Edward J Ciesler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36395484
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

James W Conley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-741883
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James E Foley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-677701
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 January 1944

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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Sources

https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/226 

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Contributorjmoore43
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dded the A/C nickname listed in the "Summary biography" sections of several crew including the pilot “James E Foley”.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database