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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Kearney 30/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-L] Framlingham 8/4/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Harry Stewart, Co-pilot: Norman Quest, Navigator: Marris Todd, Bombardier: Dan Clark, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Gilbert, Radio Operator: Simon Spradlin, Ball turret gunner: Frank Wielgos (7OW); Waist gunner: Howard Tillison,Tail gunner: Joy Putnam (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft and flak KO’d #3 and #4, crashed Hassenhausen, N of Jena, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7822. BOOMERANG BABY aka LADY SATAN.
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 | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Hassenhausen on 7/29/44 in B-17 #42102549
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Hassenhausen on 7/29/44 in B-17 #42102549
POW
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Hassenhausen in B-17 #42102549
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Hassenhausen in B-17 #42102549
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Hassenhausen on 7/29/44 in B-17 #42102549
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Hassenhausen on 7/29/44 in B-17 #42-102549, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Hassenhausen on 7/29/44 in B-17 #42102549
POW
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Hassenhausen on 7/29/44 in B-17 #42102549
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Hassenhausen on 7/29/44 in B-17 #42102549
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 96, 7, 32,11
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...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 29 July 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7822 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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