42-30823 The Gnome aka Invadin Maiden
Delivered Dallas 4/8/43; Gore 5/8/43; Dallas 8/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 6/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Chas Walts, Navigator: Louis Oss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Travis Brumbeau, Waist gunner: Tom Murphy, Tail gunner: Bill Higginbotham (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jerome Wallace, Bombardier: Dick Dodson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Walker, Ball turret gunner: Henry Gratzfeld, Waist gunner: Frank Fetherston (5 Killed in Action); shot down by FW 190, KO’d #2, wing caught fire, exploded and crashed Wildermann’s Farm, Hohenhalte, six miles W of Munster; Missing Air Crew Report 1025. THE GNOME then INVADIN’ MAIDEN.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
10 October 1943 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Added "aka" in the A/C "Nicknames" field as a separator to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1025 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database