Floyd G MacGowen

Military

On 11 January 1944, B-17G #42-39775 'Frenesi' was hit by fighters causing damage to the radio room and six crewman bailed out before the a/c was brought under control and returned to base. Prisoner of War (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.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Warren P Becker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16134233
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Observer/Photographer

Alexander William Bender

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36000091 / O-744349
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William Franklin Cely

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38058661 / O-741880
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Lieutenant Jabez F. Churchill of the 94th Bomb Group in the nose gun position of his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Frenesi". Printed caption on reverse: 'Fortress Gets Home With Damaged Nose. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Lt. Jabez F. Churchill, co-pilot of the Flying Fortress "Frenesi", sticks his head through the hole made by a 20mm German cannon shell in the plexiglass nose of his plane during the great raid on the Me110 assembly plant at Brunswick, Germany, January 11. The shell cut through the nos

Jabez Frank Warren Churchill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680406
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Preston Henderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38236131
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17G Flying Fortress nicknamed "Frenesi"of the 94th Bomb Group.

42-39775

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Frenesi
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

Germany 11 January 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 12969

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). Changed spelling of last name from "MacGowan" to "MacGowen" from information at the WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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POW added - MAC 12969

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12969, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces