43-37622 Phyllis
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Uploaded
Object Number - UPL 28236
Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Patterson 21/5/44; Kearney 5/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-F] Kimbolton 8/7/44; battle damaged Hanover 5/8/44 with Byrd Ryland, Co-pilot: Jim Denny, Navigator: Harry Braswell, Bombardier: Jim Fulton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Jewell, Radio Operator: Bernie Dolan, Ball turret gunner: Herb Lawton, Waist gunner: Chas Rusk, Tail gunner: Harry Lehman (9 Returned to Duty); on return from mission skidded and collided with parked 42-107169 [FO-T]; Salvaged 2 SAD 6/8/44.
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395065.jpg?itok=VsAN-sdc)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395069.jpg?itok=cn9W_AhU)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19114100 / O-758752
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 0719878 T43-44
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: navigator
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34403543
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34008845
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38427872
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
Places
![Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-81.jpg?itok=ZTVswmUL)
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
![A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-388030.jpg?itok=Mpevmoij)
- Date: 5 August 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Assigned |
Kimbolton, England | 8 July 1944 | Assigned to 527BS/379BG |
Other Collision |
Kimbolton, England | 5 August 1944 | Collided with B-17 #42-107169 upon returning from a mission. All 9 crewman walked away. |
Other Salvaged |
Abbots Ripton, England | 6 August 1944 | Salvaged at 2nd Strategic Air Depot. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.