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B-17 Flying Fortress
388th BG Tail Marking
Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 23/5/44; Missing in Action Krzesinki 29/5/44 with Ray Callahan, Co-pilot: Gene Kivett, Navigator: Jim Russell, Bombardier: John Gerson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Weitkamp, Radio Operator: Doug Clark, Ball turret gunner: Grant Taylor, Waist gunner: Keith Hart, Waist gunner: Chas Knox,Tail gunner: George Klepp (10 Prisoner of War); flak and enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4, crashed thre miles W of Eilenburg, nine miles NE of Liepzig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5315.
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42102946. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42102946. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Bombardier, Bombardier; Togglier | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42102946. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42102946. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42102946. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42102946. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42102946. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42102946. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
Other location
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Cheyenne, WY, USA | 21 April 1944 |
| Assigned | Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 23 May 1944 |
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388 BG |
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| First 388th BG Combat Mission | Magdeburg, Germany | 28 May 1944 |
| Failed to Return (FTR) | 73488 Ellenberg, Germany | 29 May 1944 |
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Shot down by flak and German Fighters |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 December 2017 19:19:58 | 466thHistorian | Changes to production block number, markings, events, person associations, mission associations and media associations |
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http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=42-102946&da... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:13 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5315 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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