43-38566

media-26148.jpeg 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. Photo given to me by Mr. Bill Varnedoe, 550 SQ, 385 BG, the historian of the 385th Bomb Group Association.
-566 was piloted by the Foss Crew. -270 with the Webb Crew crashed. The full Foss crew on that mission was:
P-Clifford W. Foss
CP-Otho J. Quick
N-Myron M. Loyet
B-James H. Shaver, MIA. - taken POW, Stalag Luft 1 - survived war, deceased 1995
TTG-Edward F. Myers, MIA.
RO-Theodore E. Otto
BTG-Robert W. Houston
TG-Gail E. Anderson, Jr.
WG- Johnnie P. Bevilacqua

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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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Myron M Loyet

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-712414
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Edward F Myers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34536943
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Theodore E Otto

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31306363
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Otho J Quick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-764447
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

James H Shaver

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-708058
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 21 November 1944

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

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ContributorAAM
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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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