Squadron
Y1B-17 #36-156 2nd BG - 20th BS Langley AAF
"Vapor trails over Munich--Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 15th Air Force, flying high above Germany, make vapor trails in the enemy's sky. 20th bomb Sqn. 2nd Bomb Group."
YB-17A #36-159 2nd BG - 20th BS Langley Army Airfield
B-17G-10-BO #42-31473 "My Baby" 301st BG 99th BG 2nd BG
B-17G-35-BO #42-32048 "Queen" 2nd BG - 20th BS - 15th AF 483rd BG - 840th BS - 15th AF
Group
Served on antisubmarine duty for several months after the U.S. entered World War II. In October 1942 was re-designated as 2d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and earmarked for combat. The group was transferred on paper to Geiger Field, Washington, where it...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio operator | 2nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-17 42-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Baled out and captured. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10139
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Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
Military | Private First Class | Waist Gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-1742-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Captured and executed en route to Kaplitz. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10139
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down by a ME-109 and crashed north of Gyor, Hungary on 07/07/44 in B-17 #42-97351
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 2nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-1742-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Captured and executed en route to Kaplitz. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10139
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-17 42-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Baled out and captured. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10139
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered 20BS/2BG Langley 27-Mar-37; transferred 19BG March Fd Oct-40; Hendricks Fd, Sebring 6-Feb-42; force landed base with W.R. George; 65 flts; Written off 13-Apr-42. [aircraft No. 50] Aircraft never served in combat.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered 20BS/2BG Langley 17-Jun-37; transferred 19BG March Fd Oct-40; public relations trip to Grand Union High School, McClelland Fd 4-Jul-41; 66 flts; Written off 2-Apr-42. [aircraft No. 51] This aircraft never served in combat and was never posted...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/11/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 10/12/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Lloyd Withers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Segal, Radio Operator: Jim Verdi [wia] (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Capt Bob Arnold,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Gt Falls 10/11/43; Gr Island 26/11/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/12/43 (first G in sqd); 29m transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; Missing in Action (95m) Moravska Ostrova, Czech. 29/8/44 with Bob McCloskey,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/44; Billings 20/1/44; Amarillo 4/2/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; slated 96BG, but Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 14/3/44; transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola 31/3/44; Missing in Action Moravska Ostrova, Czech. 2/8/44 with Jim...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Hunter 22/2/44; Morrison 4/3/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 6/3/44; Missing in Action Turin 29/3/44 with Ed Wronkoski, Co-pilot: Francis Sanvito, Navigator: Rich Zeguin, Bombardier: Norman Stockstill, Flight engineer/top...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 21/2/44; Hunter 10/3/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 3/4/44; Missing in Action Gyor 13/4/44 with Earl Martin, Waist gunner: Russ Durfee[wia],Tail gunner: Frank Pyzanowski (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: George Jost, Navigator: Bob...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 11/2/44; 1SAG Langley 8/4/44; Morrison 26/4/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 7/5/44; transferred to 20BS; Missing in Action Regensburg 9/12/44 with Woodruff Warren, Co-pilot: Don Hart, Navigator: George Mayottm/op, Flight engineer...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 25/4/44; Langley 17/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 8/7/44; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-Y] Horham 9/7/44; Missing in Action Warsaw (Operation Frantic VII) 18/9/44 with Jack W Streeton; force landed Russia; Salvaged 24/11...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 29/5/44; Hunter 23/6/44; Dow Fd 3/7/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 12/7/44; 56m then Returned to the USA Bradley 25/6/45; Sth Plains 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45.
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| 14 December 2015 11:02:02 | Lucy May | Created entry with type, category, name, air forces and unit encompassing associations |
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