42-97232 G.I. Issue ; Sandy's Refueling Boys

A bomber crew of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '"Full House" crew. Left to right: ' Morrison, Keeler, Langford, Sherwood, Dancisin. "Government Property" (roll of toilet paper) SANDY'S REFUELING BOYS.' media-387785.jpg FRE 5857 A bomber crew of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '"Full House" crew. Left to right: ' Morrison, Keeler, Langford, Sherwood, Dancisin. "Government Property" (roll of toilet paper) SANDY'S REFUELING BOYS.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5857 - A bomber crew of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via...

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-O] Horham 12/3/44 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY; 88m, Missing in Action Stuttgart 16/12/44 with Harry Coffman, Co-pilot: Len Beadle, Navigator: Tom Reid, Bombardier: Neil Vediner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Gallagher, Radio Operator: Don Lanni, Ball turret gunner: Bob Pellow, Waist gunner: Bill Hooser,Tail gunner: John Jones (9 Killed in Action); crashed off Zodutelande, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 11259. G.I. ISSUE aka SANDY’S REFUELING BOYS.

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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

Claude Taylor Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703082
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Leonard W Beadle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 826852
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Harold C Coffman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-765226
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Technical Sergeant Alyre J Comeau, a radio operator of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'T/Sgt Comeau radio operator 412 BS.'

Alyre Joseph Comeau

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31282677
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Lieutenant George J "Danny" Dancisin a pilot of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '1/Lt Dancisin Pilot 412 BS.'

George Joseph Dancisin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12093815 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

752

  • Date: 16 December 1944

748

  • Date: 12 December 1944

746

  • Date: 11 December 1944

745

  • Date: 10 December 1944

738

  • Date: 5 December 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Horham, Eye, Suffolk IP21, UK 7 October 1944 Take Off Accident Horham/Sta 119 Cat 3 damage. Pilot Lt Leslie A Lennox Jr, 7-10-44.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

4374 Zoutelande, Netherlands 16 December 1944 - 16 December 1944 Missing in Action Stuttgart 16/12/44. Crashed off Zodutelande, Holland. (9 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR11259.

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/238

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to production block number, nicknames, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=42-97232

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ContributorFullHouse
ChangesChanges to nicknames and markings
Sources

The colored pictures featured on this page were taken by Albert Keeler, the co-pilot of the "Full House" (42-97997). They show him and his fellow crewmen. Several photos show the gunners near their respective positions on the B17 (including my father near the ball turret). The officers were pictured near engines or the nose of the aircraft. In some of these photos the nose art "Sandy's Refueling Boys" (42-97232) can clearly be seen in the background which has resulted in people erroneously thinking the Dancisin/Keeler crew flew this airplane (see the captions beneath the photos). My father's recollection and the official records indicate the crew of the "Full House" never flew in "Sandy's Refueling Boys." It was just a handy aircraft at the time that Albert took this collection of photos. - Mark Makelky

Aircraft and mission information taken from the book "Operational Record Of The 95th Bomb Group (H)" by Paul M. Andrews

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11259 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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