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TINKER TOY, 42-5846

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Units

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5846

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tinker Toy
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

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B-17F 42-5846 TINKERTOY 381BG 535BS 1723
42-5846 Delivered: Long Beach 19/3/43; Pueblo 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Presque Is 21/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-X] Ridgewell 26/5/43 Pilot: Capt Landon Hendricks, Capt John Hamilton, M/Sgt Marshall Peavey line chief, M/Sgt Rhea Rutherford radio, Lt Ernie Murray, Lt Germany. ld Platz HQ, Lt George Kelly HQ, S/Sgt Mike Duffy HQ, T/Sgt Gerald Reisen HQ; MIA 19+m Bremen 20/12/43 w/Dorman Lane, Co-Pilot: John Johnston, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Peanoske (3POW), Navigator: Everett Anderson, Bombardier: Dick Mitchell, Radio Operator: Alphonse Melchiorre, Ball Turret Gunner: Henry Cramer, Waist Gunner: Bill Hrapsky, Waist Gunner: Joe Fecko, Tail Gunner: Frank McDonald (7KIA); coll w/Me109, crashed Ganderksee, three miles W of Delmenhorst, near Bremen, Ger. MACR 1723. (A/c shown in film shot in Hers To Hold, w/Deanna Durbin). TINKERTOY.
Source: B-17 Master Log - Dave Osbourne