42-97121 Calamity Jane

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Alexandra 12/2/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-G] Podington 25/4/44; Missing in Action Peenemunde 25/8/44 with Ainer Lindstrom, Co-pilot: Garry Davis, Navigator: Francis McGeary, Bombardier: Milt Rosenkrantz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leopold Jodoin, Radio Operator: Ken Bovanizer, Ball turret gunner: Bob Dutton, Waist gunner: Bob Lessard,Tail gunner: Dick Jerome (9INT); flak, crash landed Sovde, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 8276; returned from Sweden 11/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. CALAMITY JANE.

 

Details from Joe Baugher's USAAF database. 

United Air Lines, Modification Center #10, Cheyenne Municipal Airport, WY 29 Jan 44.
Alexandria Field, LA 12 Feb 44. 1377th Base Unit (North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command),
Grenier Field (Station 16), Manchester, NH 6 Apr 44. 326th Bomb Squadron [JW*G], 92nd Bomb Group,
Podington (Station 109), Bedfordshire 25 Apr 44. Named "Calamity Jane".  

Damaged in collision
with B-17G 43-37559 taxying at Podington 13 Jul 44. Failed to return from a mission to Peenemünde,
Prussia 25 Aug 44 (9 INT). Damaged by flak with two engines out. Force landed at Sövde, Sweden.
Returned to UK. Returned to US. 121st Base Unit (Redeployment Processing), Bradley Field,
Windsor Locks, CT 13 Ju l45. 4185th Base Unit (Oklahoma City Air Technical Service Command),
Independence Field, KS 30 Nov 45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Storage Depot No.41,
Kingman Field, AZ for storage and disposal 14 Dec 45. War Assets Administration.
Sold to Wunderlich Contracting Company, Jefferson City, MO Jul 46; scrapped

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11056573
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: I'll Get By
  • Unit: 325th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

25 August 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorTallPaul19
Changes
Sources

details added from Joe Baugher's USAAF database. Production block added

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8276 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database