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A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-C, serial number 42-38183) nicknamed "The Lost Angel" 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 10/2/44; then 524BS [WA-G] ; flak battle damaged, crash landed after bombing Magdeburg Germany 28/9/44. Flack came through the windshield and glass got into the eyes of Pilot: Stan Bailey, Co-pilot: Sumner Alpert flew the plane back with 2 engines out on one wing to Kimbolton, received the DFC, Navigator: Jim Rung, Bombardier: Bill Coles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Plough, Radio Operator: Harry Gates, Ball turret gunner: John Ingram, Waist gunner: Frank Culfe (8 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: Phil Maniaci (Prisoner of War); Missing Air Crew Report 9363; repaired & sal re-ass 482BG, then 384BG 1/6/45. THE LOST ANGEL.

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Units

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Sumner Mervin Alpert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-767963
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Stanley E Bailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-819184
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William J Coles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Everett Ingram

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36688530
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Edmund H Lutz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15071352 / O-693463
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-38183

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lost Angel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date:
ContributorBrad Alpert
ChangesChanges to caption
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Brad Alpert, son of Sumner Alpert

Date:
ContributorDisnilandi
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MACR 9363
(Lt Ed Lutz has been incorrectly attributed as being the pilot on
42-38183, nicknamed "The Lost Angel" 525BS/379BG on Sept 28 1944)

Date:
ContributorAAMB Memory Book
ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations and person associations
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Image courtesy of Edmund H Lutz