43-38368 Daisy mae

media-45784.jpeg UPL 45784

452nd Bomb Group at Deopham Green

Object Number - UPL 45784

Delivered Cheyenne 26/7/44; Hunter 4/8/44; Grenier 14/8/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 15/8/44; 729BS; Missing in Action Zwickau 19/3/45 with Vic Ettredge, Co-pilot: Don Franklin1st mission, Navigator: Art Burstein, Bombardier: George Peden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Johnson, Radio Operator: Jim Fitzgerald, Ball turret gunner: Don Borden, rcm-Lewis Carter, Waist gunner: Howard Towns,Tail gunner: Art Darling (10 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Zwickau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13562. DAISY MAE.

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Victor L Ettredge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James J Fitzgerald

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12215639
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Donald J Franklin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Jack A Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

George H Peden

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 19 March 1945

Revisions

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ContributorRobert Hoyt
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Flight crew

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ContributorRobert Hoyt
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Name in descriptions.

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ContributorDaiseyMaeB17
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Entered by Lewis Carter's grandson after reading story by Edward T. Hinrichs (Sept. 10, 1987) about missions flown .

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13562 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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