42-97858 Lady of Fortune Carmen's folly

media-19477.jpeg UPL 19477 Nose art on Flying Fortress B-17G 42-97858 'Lady Fortune' 412nd BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Object Number - UPL 19477 - Nose art on Flying Fortress B-17G 42-97858 'Lady Fortune' 412nd BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

Delivered Denver 17/3/44; Kearney 2/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 30/4/44 LADY FORTUNE; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-Y] 1/5/44; 82m, Missing in Action Cologne 10/1/45 with Roger Rand, Navigator: Irving Plinskin, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bright (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Setterfield, Bombardier: Chas Mullins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Adcock, Radio Operator: Elbert Everett, Waist gunner: George Mason,Tail gunner: Clyde Bell (6 Killed in Action); #2 engine on fire, crashed Okoven, Ger ?. Missing Air Crew Report 11743. CARMEN'S FOLLY aka LADY FORTUNE.

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Units served with

The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (GO-K) of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group is in the background.

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Ernest L Adcock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Air Force officer pinning award or ribbon on uniform of SSG Beeks

Charles H Beeks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20441207
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Clyde R Bell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert P Bright

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34823435
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Elbert V Everett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Missions

789

  • Date: 10 January 1945

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 January 1945 - 10 January 1945 Missing in Action Cologne 10/1/45. #2 engine on fire, crashed Okoven, Germany. (3 x POW, 6 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR11743.

Revisions

Date14 Dec 2015 11:56:13
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to production block number, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942

Date9 Mar 2015 19:46:42
Contributorwillelmore
ChangesChanges to nicknames
Sources

www.95thbg-horham

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:16
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11743 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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