43-38814 No No Nannette : Cadet Nurse the 2nd
These photos were given to me by my grandmother the daughter of S/Sgt Alviah G. Kelly.
Object Number - UPL 48246
Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-S] Horham 11/10/44 NO NO NANNETTE; battle damaged Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 with Rich Wright, Bombardier: I.H. Levin [2 RTD]; Navigator: Bill Olsom, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vince Riccio, Radio Operator: Harry Kolb, Ball turret gunner: Sid Manders; Tail gunner: Merlin Dyvig [6 POW]; Co-pilot: Stan Wlfson (Killed in Action); flak, force landed Miracourt, Fr; 39m, Missing in Action Kiel 4/4/45 with John Tuss, Co-pilot: George Washeteck, Navigator: Sol Simon, Bombardier: Alviah Kelly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Pelzar, Radio Operator: Cecil Phillips, Ball turret gunner: John Meadows, Waist gunner: Bill Johnson, Tail gunner: Dan Waines (9 INT); flak, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 13848; ret group in UK 27/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 26/7/45; 3030 BU Roswell 8/10/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. CADET NURSE THE 2ND.
Connections
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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: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12120011
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 3 April 1945
- Date: 31 March 1945
- Date: 5 November 1944
- Date: 4 November 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
25 September 1944 | Delivered Lincoln AAF 25-Sep-44. | |
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Assigned |
11 October 1944 | Assigned 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Force landing [Battle damaged] |
5 November 1944 | Battle damaged Ludwigshafen Flak, force landed Miracourt, France. Pilot Lt Richard H Wright 2 x RTD, 6 x POW, 1 x KIA 5-Nov-44 MACR 10308 | |
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Other Failed to Return Interned [INT] |
4 April 1945 | Missing in Action Kiel 4-Apr-45 with pilot Lt John J Tuss, flak, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden. 9 x INT MACR 13848 | |
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Manufactured |
Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10308 / MACR 13848 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
