42-97956 Pard
Nose art painted by Tony Starcer Joe Harlick Collection
Object Number - UPL 26026 - B-17G 91st BG "Pard", coded OR-L. Lost 2 November 1944 to German fighters while providing protection for damaged "Hi Ho Silver" Nose art painted by...
Delivered Denver 13/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 24/5/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-L] Bassingbourn 3/6/44; Missing in Action 38m Merseburg 2/11/44 with Pilot: Hanford Rustand, Bombardier: Roger Keys, Radio Operator: John Griffith, Ball Turret Gunner: John Gercovich, Waist Gunner: John Murphy, Tail Gunner: George Roach (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Wyndham Peck, Navigator: Henry Schwarz, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: Gil Crotte (3 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft while trying to protect damaged colleague HI-HO SILVER; crashed Libehna, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 10148. "PARD."
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16002065
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner, Engineer, Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39140153
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32818641
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-438254
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38471411
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Libehna, Germany | 2 November 1944 |
Revisions
Mission Loading List. I removed an error (the letter "l') from my dad's last name). I added a hyphen to HI-HO SILVER, as it is on the aircraft and in many books.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
