UPL 18292

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B-17G 42-102482, 339th Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group 08 May 1944 crash-landed at Fummelse, Germany after extensive damage from fighter attacks during mission to Berlin/Brunswick; from the files of the WolfenButtel, Germany newspaper 42-102482 Del Cheyenne 7/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Ass 339BS/96BG [QJ-A] Snetterton 8/4/44; MIA Berlin 8/5/44 w/Harry Eye, cp-Leland Baker, btg-Bill Latta[died of wounds in hospital] (3KIA); n-Joe McElroy, b-Carl Thinnes, ettg-Chas Chase, ro-Bill Pierson, wg-W.C. Parnell, wg-Jack McIlraith, tg-Leroy Chamberlain (7POW); e/a, c/l two miles W of Wolfenbuettel, nine miles S of Brunswick, Ger. MACR 4575.

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Units

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

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from the son of a crewmember

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Per Dave Osborne's Fort Log.

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