43-37776 Heavenly Body

media-13820.jpeg UPL 13820 Heavenly Body memorial, Nailstone, Leicestershire
B-17G Flying Fortress 43-37776

Object Number - UPL 13820 - Heavenly Body memorial, Nailstone, Leicestershire B-17G Flying Fortress 43-37776

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/44; Kearney 31/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned 849BS/490BG Eye [W8- ] 11/6/44; on routine navigation night flight 27/9/44 with Mike Primus, Co-pilot: Louis Deputy, Navigator: Rich Herman, Bombardier: Bob Simmons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Griswould, Radio Operator: Claude Keele, Ball turret gunner: Harry Stoever, Waist gunner: Larry Richter,Tail gunner: Americo Virgili, 3 pass of No. 1 Mobile Traing Unit; S/Sgts John Barry, Ralph Franke, Ed Shively (12 Killed in Service); crashed Elmside Farm, Nailstone, Leicesterhire. Salvaged 3/10/44.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 10th Motor Transport Section
  • Service Numbers: 11031790
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Airplane Instrument Mechanic
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818123
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 10th Motor Transport Section
  • Service Numbers: 33362517
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Power Turret and Gunsight Mechanic
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17092155
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703253
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

England 27 September 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15341 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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