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media-28382.jpeg UPL 28382

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Object Number - UPL 28382

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 848BS/490BG Eye 27/7/44; 850BS; on local flights 18/8/44 with Albert Davis, Co-pilot: Fred Ostler, Navigator: Jenner DeSantis, Bombardier: Rich Wessel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Godfrey, Radio Operator: Teofile Criyell, Ball turret gunner: Oscar Jenson, Waist gunner: Larry Rooney, Tail gunner: Bob Aley (9 Returned to Duty); left u/c collapsed on third landing; repaired.



Missing in Action Plauen 21-Mar-45 with John Schultz, Fred Black, Joe Farkas, Chas Lennon, Joe Ellis, Lloyd Kennedy, Carl Sten, Jim Butterfield (8 Killed in Action); Craig Bennett (Prisoner of War); Me262 collided with A/C, causing explosion which sheared off the tail, crashed Plauen, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 13556.

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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 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34931452
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-780498
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39923114
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38458237
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne AAF, WY 22 June 1944 Delivered Cheyenne AAF 22-Jun-44.

Assigned

Eye, UK 27 July 1944 Assigned 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Eye, UK 18 August 1944 Local flights 18-Aug-44 with Albert Davis crew; port U/C collapsed on third landing, 9 x RTD

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Plauen, Germany 21 March 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Plauen 21-Mar-45 with Schultz crew; Me262 collided with A/C, crashed Plauen, Germany. 1 x POW, 8 x KIA MACR 13556

Assigned

Cheddington, UK Attached 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13556 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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