43-38131 Little Miss Mary Kay

media-23193.jpeg UPL 23193 Boeing B-17G 43-38131
Miss Fall River

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Object Number - UPL 23193 - Boeing B-17G 43-38131 Miss Fall River

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 23/7/44; Assigned 851BS/490BG Eye 6/8/44; 850BS; battle damaged Nurnberg 5/4/45 with ?; crash landed Sommelsdijk, Holland Missing Air Crew Report 13854. MISS MO.

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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 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37479719
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-775139
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Sommelsdijk, the Netherlands 5 April 1945 - 5 April 1945 Shot down by German Flak boats in the harbor of Middelharnis

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Family of pilot 1LT Darril F Roufs

Date
ContributorAbove The Foe
Changes
Sources

Through Dennis Notenboom, foundation WO2GO, www.wo2go.nl

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13854 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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