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The crew of the Boeing B-17 "The Bad Penny" poses by their plane at an airbase in Cambridge, England.
Back Row, L to R: navigator 1Lt Raymond Y Kurtz; bombardier 1Lt Philip T Palmer; pilot Capt Charles E "Red" Cliburn; copilot 1Lt Clyde E DeBaum; Waist gun Sgt Hubert G Hayes.
Front Row L to R: Top turret T/Sgt Raymond T Moore; Radio T/Sgt James Moore; Ball Turret S/Sgt Clarence A Cluck; Waist gun S/Sgt Paul A Shook; Tail gun S/Sgt Walter Charles Dager.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A09067-50274AC.
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Staff Sergeant Walter Dager, a tail gunner of the 91st Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress at Bassingbourn airbase. Image stamped on reverse: '246383' [Censor no]. Passed for Publication 1 Feb 1943 [stamp]. Printed Caption on reverse: 'Some of the airmen from America who are taking part in the daily raids on enemy occupied territory and Germany, in their giant high altitude aircraft the "Flying Fortress" capable of carrying a 11,000 [censor has amended figure to 10,000] pound bomb load. Photo shows - Staff Sgt. Walter Dager (Indiana) rear-gunner. who has shot down a F.W.190 during daylight raid on Germany. FOX 43. 2.'
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Members of the crew of the "Bad Penny" a B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 91st Bomb Group, Cambridge, England just returned to its airfield in England from a raid over France. L-R : S/Sgt Walter Dager, S/Sgt Clarence Cluck, Sgt Paul Shook, T/Sgt James Moore and Sgt Hubert Hayes.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A11972-79070AC.
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" Members of the crew of the Boeing B-17 "The Bad Penny" are interrogated, by Major John J McNaboe [head of the table] intelligence officer of the 91st BG, after their return from a mission over enemy territory."
NAR Ref 342-FH-3A14119-79223AC.
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13-May-43. - " Just back from a raid over France, the flight crew of the Boeing B-17 "The Bad Penny" is met by the ground crew. they are, in front:
Seated: Capt John R (Tex) McCrary, a public relations officer with the 8th Air Force.
Kneeling L-R: Pvt Lester C Chesser, Sgt Tom Mullenik, Sgt Davis L George.
Standing L-R: Cpl Emil Richard Knutelsky, Sgt John M Yates, M/Sgt James Lemley, Sgt Charles H Mathers, Sgt Merel Hawthorne.
Seated on truck L-R: 1Lt Clyde Debaun, 1Lt Raymond V Kurtz, Capt Charles E Cliburn, 1Lt Philip T Palmer.
Standing L-R: S/Sgt Clarence Cluck, S/Sgt Paul Shook, T/Sgt Raymond T Moore, S/Sgt Walter T Dager, Sgt Hubert G Hayes, S/Sgt James Moore.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A11976-79224AC.
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S/Sgt Walter C. "Dutch" Dager, 91BG
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Walter Charles Dager, Tail Gunner (41-24480) ' The Bad Penny', 324th BS, 91st BG
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Walter Charles Dager, Tail Gunner (41-24480) ' The Bad Penny', 324th BS, 91st BG
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Walter Charles Dager, Tail Gunner (41-24480) ' The Bad Penny', 324th BS, 91st BG
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Military | Captain | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
First pilot to complete combat tour in 8th AF--May 13, 1943. Flew on the wing of the 'Memphis Belle. ' Plane's name was 'Bad Penny. ' Also flew "Quitchurbitchin." On 23 Nov 1942 he crash landed in heavy fog at Bassingbourn.
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Units served with
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Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
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Squadron
Home of the Memphis Belle
Aircraft
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-B] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; 322BS [LG-A] 5/43 16+m; taken off operations and transferred 403 AD 2/7/43; 8AF HQ Sqd 15/8/43 for VIP duties. Salvaged 19/10/44. Used as camera ship to film Major William Wilder's...
Associated Place
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Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
Events
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Location |
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Born |
Fort Wayne, IN, USA |
15 August 1913 |
Son of Joseph Arnold and Nora Josephine [Gladieux] Dager.
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Based |
Bassingbourn |
1943 – 1944 |
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
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Buried |
Fort Wayne, IN, USA |
July 1960 |
Catholic Cemetery
Fort Wayne
Allen County
Indiana, USA
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Died |
Fort Wayne, IN, USA |
3 July 1960 |
Enlisted |
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