Kenneth R McLean

Military
media-35326.jpeg UPL 35326 Crew of Bottled in Bond (#42-102584) 94th Bomb Grp, 332nd Bomb Sqd.
Kneeling, left to right: Tom Williams, pilot, Edwin (Eddie) Waite, co-pilot, Joe Davis, navigator, Lewis Ranck, bombardier
Standing, left to right: Kenneth McLean, engineer, Wayne Waters, waist gunner, Herb Schocket, radio operator, Casimir Skomski waist gunner, JW (Smitty) Smith, tail gunner, Jerry Pasquale, ball turret gunner.
Aircraft lost 05-12-1944 on mission to Brux oil refineries. all members of crew survived and were taken as POWs
Obtained this photo in 2007 after speaking with surviving crew member Edwin Waite, co-pilot on Bottled In Bond on the mission over to Brux, on the day the plane was downed

received photo from surviving crew member

Object Number - UPL 35326 - Crew of Bottled in Bond (#42-102584) 94th Bomb Grp, 332nd Bomb Sqd. Kneeling, left to right: Tom Williams, pilot, Edwin (Eddie) Waite, co-pilot, Joe...

Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42102584 'Bottled In Bond. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bottled in Bond
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor

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