96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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44-8109
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 16/6/44; Langley 19/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-R] Snetterton 11/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Floyd Whaley, Co-pilot: Tom Accardi, Navigator: Bill Senn, Radio Operator: Jack Schimpf, Lt Giles McCarthy [Micky Op], Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Martin, Radio Operator: Reider Tommeras, Waist gunner: Jeremy Tipton, Waist gunner: Willard Christensen (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Russ Anderson (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Bebra, S of Kassel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10832.
Service
Units
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338th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Thomas Accardi
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Assigned Sept 1944. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #44-8109, Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Russell Anderson
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #448109. KIA. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #448109. Took heavy flak over target and lost power. Reached area near Bebra where hills were higher than plane and pilot called for crew to bail out. Crew was told his... -
Willard Christensen
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #448109. POW. POW -
Francis Martin
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #448109. POW. POW -
Giles McCarthy
Military | Lieutenant | Mickey Operator | 96th Bomb Group
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Jack Schimpf
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
Called up to active service in February 1943. Flew 14 bombing missions. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #448109. POW. Took heavy flak over target near Leipzig and lost power. Reached area near Bebra where hills were higher than plane and pilot... -
William Senn
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #44-8109, Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Jeremy Tipton
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #448109. POW. POW -
Reider Tommeras
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #448109. POW. POW -
Floyd Whaley
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Assigned Sept 1944. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 44-8109. POW. Badly hit over the target, but managed to emergency land in recently retaken Brussels. Hit in #2 engine and began losing altitude rapidly and others could hear Whaley calling. POW
Places
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Snetterton Heath
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...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 30 November 1944 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:41:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10832 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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