Raymond John Born

Military

Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Harold J Erickson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-000170
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Harold Otis Gilley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36610483
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Marion Augusta Hall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13135631
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Ernest Henry Hugonnet

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20272732 at enlistment, then O-748006
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Norman Rock King

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685645
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

42-30200

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Slo-Time Sally
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

18 July 1917

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 14 February 1944 - 30 May 1945 slight Flak wounds; initially evaded; arrested 14 February 1944. Interned at Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Buried

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery 13 August 1991
Illiois

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations and place associations
Sources

MACR 1892

Date
Contributorgreg_born
ChangesChanges to service number and events
Sources

added serial number and burial location (Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery)

Date
Contributorgreg_born
ChangesChanges to highest rank, awards, events and mission associations
Sources

Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 1892 and personal communications

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1892 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database