44-6528 Queen Mary

Delivered Lincoln 1/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-P] Horham 25/9/44; with F.L. McAllister force landed Framlingham afb UK 25/12/44; 27m, Missing in Action Hamburg 31/12/44 with Chas O'Reilly, Co-pilot: Chas Cohen, Radio Operator: Herman Finklestein, Ball turret gunner: Walt Exley (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ellsworth Quinnell, togglier: Jasper Crowley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Len Vandal, Waist gunner: Joe Heichel, Tail gunner: Gordon Bonenberger (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Weertzlen near Hamburg. Missing Air Crew Report 11369. QUEEN MARY.

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  • Date: 5 November 1944
  • Date: 25 October 1944
  • Date: 17 October 1944
The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'
  • Date: 15 October 1944

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Crashed

Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13, UK 25 December 1944 Force landed Framlingham afb UK 25/12/44. Pilot Lt F L McAllister.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Hamburg, Germany 31 December 1944 - 31 December 1944 Missing in Action Hamburg 31/12/44. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Weertzlen near Hamburg. (5 x POW, 4 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 11369.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11369 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database