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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 30/6/44; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-G] Polebrook 1/7/44; Missing in Action 22m Augsburg 19/7/44 with Herb Konecheck, Co-pilot: Barrett Levinsky, Navigator: Joe Difranks, Radio Operator: Guerino Lostocco, Ball turret gunner: Jim Ocamb, Waist gunner: Phil Hersey, gunner: Max Hainet (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ken Landstrom, ettg-Chas Wiles, (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Stossberg, near Allgau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7557.
Group
The 351st Bomb Group flew strategic bombing missions from their base at Polebrook, Northamptonshire from April 1943 to June 1945. The Group's most famous member was Hollywood actor Clark Gable, who flew four/ five missions with them as an observer...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
Military | Sergeant | Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg on 7/19/44 in B-17 #42102949
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Assigned to 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Stossberg in B-17 #42102949
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Assigned to 508BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x missions.
Award: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x battle stars).
Military site : airfield
Glatton, which lay mostly in the parish of Conington, was built by the 809th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) of the U.S. Army in the last months of 1942. Unusually, the base's three runways surrounded Rose Court Farm, which remained a working farm...
Military site : airfield
Polebrook was laid down for RAF Bomber Command use in 1940-1941. Built by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd, it had short runways which were lengthened for USAAF heavy bomber use. The RAF used the base for operational trials - including of B-17 Flying...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 19 July 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 March 2021 21:38:12 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
| Sources | ||
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity. |
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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 7557 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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