Michael B Russell

Military

After fighter attacks set fire to the left wing on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-38024 crashed near Oldenburg, GR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

William Murray Bate

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803928
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

George J Bovenzi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32549894
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Francis Joseph Boyle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809476
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Stephen Dobish

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13116816
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Daniel Rupert Giddens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38370451
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-30167

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Destiny's Tot | Angel Pumpkin
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 336th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3400) nicknamed "The Gremlin's Sweetheart" of the The 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group.

42-3400

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Gremlin's Sweetheart
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-3462

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: San Antonio Rose
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

42-3529

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

95th BG Combat Tour

Horham Airfield, UK 29 January 1944 - 6 March 1944 16 combat missions

Born

Monrovia, California, USA

Other

Shot Down/Captured

near Colnrade, Germany 6 March 1944

Revisions

Date8 Aug 2020 22:37:46
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to service number
Sources

https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/5858

Date8 Aug 2020 01:30:06
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to highest rank, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/crew/390

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:09
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2984 / MACR 2984, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database