42-102509 The Liberty Run
All survived and returned to the United States.
Property of Robert E. Meyers family.
Object Number - UPL 54345 - This is the last crew of the Liberty Run. In the front row center (light overalls and cap) is my father, Robert Meyers, ball turret gunner. To the...
Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 22/4/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Art Hultin, Co-pilot: Capt Bill Martin, Navigator: Bob Hart, Bombardier: Maurice Bonomo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Woodrow Roberts, Radio Operator: Homer Dumont, Ball turret gunner: Bob Meyers, obs-Capt Art Koscinsli, Waist gunner: Frank Franklin, Tail gunner: John Paget (10 Prisoner of War); flak set ship ablaze, crashed Laudenbach, S of Aschaffenberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7274. THE LIBERTY RUN.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 1709810
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677727
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
20 July 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
I am the daughter of Lt William Hanna, the pilot who named the plane and designed the nose art.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7274 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
![A bomber crew of the 91st Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (LL-Z, serial number 42-107042) nicknamed "The Liberty Run" after a mission, 9 June 1944. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 9 Jun 1944' [stamp].'326248' [Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Series of pictures taken at an 8th A.A.F base in England. "Heavies" of the U.S 8th A.A.F. With their crew going out and returning from the invasion areas. Night and day, these man are blasting the path for the allied armies of liberat](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379167.jpg.webp?itok=Xy4go4Hg)
![An airman of the 91st Bomb Group in the cockpit of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102509) nicknamed "The Liberty Run".
Handwritten caption on reverse: '91BG'. On reverse: Passed For Publication (US Army Examiner) [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/media/media-41049.jpeg.webp?itok=AZKd1m_v)
