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B-17 Flying Fortress
Harold A Greenwell, Enigineer & Top Gunner 379th Bomb Group, 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force
Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 15/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-A] Kimbolton 4/6/44; Missing in Action Lutzkendorf 9/2/45 with Herb Pearlman, John O’Neill, Chas Francescani, Ray Maloney, Alva Bryant, Paul Kondravy, Wesley Wells, Fred White, Al Jervis (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Gierath, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12337. WHITE LIGHTENING.
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Pilot on B-17 | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Flew under squadron commander Robert F. Layton, operations Officer. 15 missions over france. 15 missions over Germany
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier, Enlisted | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Crashed at Gierath on 9 Feb 45 in B-17 'White Lightening' #44-6119, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Wesley Wells served as a ball turret gunner with the 379th Bomb Group from Kimbolton. He was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW) when his B-17 'White Lightening', serial number 44-6119, crashed at Gierath, Germany on 9 February 1945.
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 9 February 1945 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 05 June 2017 19:48:22 | jancheta | Changes to nicknames |
| Sources | ||
| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12237 / MACR 12337 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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