43-38566

Object Number - UPL 26148 - 43-38566B-17 FLYING FORTRESS, wrecked, after return to airbase. Plane collided with 43-38270 on 3 Feb 1945 on 385th Mission No. 213 to bomb Wetzlar....

Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Lincoln 6/9/44; Grenier 24/9/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-T] Gt Ashfield 25/9/44; returning from Osnabruck 21/11/44 with Cliff Foss (Cobb), Otho Quick, Myron Loyet, Theo Otto, Bob Houston, John Bevilcqua, Gail Anderson (7 Returned to Duty); Jim Shaver, Ed Myers (2 Prisoner of War); mid-air coll with 43-38270 (385BG), but returned and repaired; Missing Air Crew Report 10468; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

People

Gail E Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35558862
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Johnnie P Bevilacqua

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39921566
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Clifford W Foss

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818657
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Paul Gelman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 0716294
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Robert W Houston

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39213948
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 21 November 1944

Revisions

Date1 Feb 2017 02:06:38
Contributorjesseshaver
Sources

Photos originally from navigator Myron Loyet and Bill Varnedoe (385th historian)

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:30
ContributorAAM
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10468 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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