44-6105 Sleepy Lagoon

Delivered Tulsa 5/5/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Dow Fd 24/5/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-P] Grafton Underwood 4/6/44; Missing in Action Cologne 28/1/45 with Oakley Jackson, John Calkins, Leon Lucas, Keith Haight, Paul Senchuk, Vince Kelly, Jim Phelps (7 evaded capture); Allen Ziner, Gaetano Cappiello (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ossenzijl, Holl; Missing Air Crew Report 11990. SLEEPY LAGOON.

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Units served with

People

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.  Men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.  There are canvas duffle bags on the ground in front of the men.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35610265 / O-748010
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13005308
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34760527
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-396553
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-758470
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95865) nicknamed "Sky Hag" of the 391st Bomb Group.
  • Date: 23 December 1944
The wreck of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group that crashed on take off near Aldeburgh, 19 December 1944. Image via Glenn Tessmer, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '19/12/44 Aldeburgh, Norfolk, crash on t/o.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crash site. Taken about 1 hour after crash. Mission was then scrubbed. Just off end of south runway. Lead aircraft 93BG at Hardwick, Eng. Probably Dec 15-23, 1944. Note weather! The exact date of the crash can be verified in 2nd A.D/ news letters. I can
  • Date: 19 December 1944
  • Date: 12 December 1944
  • Date: 11 December 1944
  • Date: 4 December 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 28 January 1945

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11990 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database