B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 8/4/44; transferred 571BS/390BG [FC-N] Framlingham 9/4/44; Missing in Action {4m} Freidrichahafen 29/4/44 with Bob Rayburn, Co-pilot: Henry Crowley, Navigator: Murray Jacob, Bombardier: Chas Heltsley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Thomas, Radio Operator: Bob O’Hara, Ball turret gunner: Bill Cusack, Waist gunner: Dan Chermak, Waist gunner: Dick Matanle,Tail gunner: Woodrow Johnson (10 Prisoner of War); flak, one engine smoking, crashed a mile SE of Bitterfeld, 28 miles SW of Potsdam, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4245.
Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42102526. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42-102526, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42-102526, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42102526. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42-102526, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42102526. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42-102526, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42102526. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #42102526. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 29 April 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4245 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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