42-97163 Snow white

media-55410.jpeg UPL 55410 Assigned crew of Snow White, including Teddy Kirkpatrick, gunner. 527th BS

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Object Number - UPL 55410 - Assigned crew of Snow White, including Teddy Kirkpatrick, gunner. 527th BS

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-R] Kimbolton 9/4/44; "Borrowed" by following crew (526th BS) who had not be assigned a bomber. Missing in Action Merseburg 13/9/44 with Larry Messenger, Co-pilot: Tom Marineau; Navigator: Melvin Halstead, Wounded in Action; Radio Operator: Grant Powers, Wounded in Action, repatriated; Tail gunner: Theo Goitein Wounded in Action, repatriated (3 Returned to Duty), Bombardier: Ray Seeman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Duncan, Ball turret gunner: Oliver Gillies, Waist gunner: Ray Uhlig (4 Killed in Action); Raymond Seeman buried at American Cemetery, Lorraine, France. The other three KIA buried back in US. Flak KO’d two engines, dropped out of formation, headed toward free Paris, third engine hit by German fighter, crash landed Ferme de Daumont, Hatrize, NW of Metz, France; Missing Air Crew Report 8899. Salvaged 6/2/45. SNOW WHITE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Richard Magnor Asplund

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19114100 / O-758752
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Marvin C Braun

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15098062 / O-821148
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Earnest Belton Duncan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

William A Fowler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Oliver C Gillies

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 September 1944

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Personal communication Teddy G Kirkpatrick and Melvin C Halstead

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add

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edit

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Personal archives Melvin C Halstead

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Private archives Melvin C Halstead

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Personal communication between Teddy Kirkpatrick, original assigned crew, to Melvin C Halstead ,part of crew temporarily assigned to Snow White.

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per 379th reunion

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Melvin C Halstead, Ted Goitein and Grant Powers reconstruction. at 379th BG reunioni n Harrisburg, PA

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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8899 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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