42-102951
Object Number - UPL 19334 - Flying Fortress B-17G 42-102951 334th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF crashed at Den Berg Texel Holland.
Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 6/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-Q] Horham 30/5/44; with A.E. McCulley 25/8/44 wia-b Lt Bill Kehoe, Waist gunner: Larry Roberts; with W.C. Bramlett force landed RAF Woodbridge 25/12/44; with R.W. Paine 27/5/44 force landed Thorpe Abbotts AF; 55m, Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Dick Morris; Co-pilot: Dean Ratts, Navigator: Ken Wood, Bombardier: Len Pospisil, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leroy Hansen, Radio Operator: Ken Peterson, Ball turret gunner: Marion Bell, Waist gunner: Milton Onie, Tail gunner: Bill Watt (9 Killed in Action); battle damaged plus runaway prop, crashed Den Berg Texel, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 12048.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37576952
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14147739 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35151793
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37173845
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32624262
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Manchester Airport, New Hampshire
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Flown Overseas |
27 May 1944 - 29 May 1944 | This ship was flown from Kearney, Nebraska to Nutts Corner, Ireland by the Harry W. Neville crew. The Neville crew was assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Information about the ferry trip is contained in Harry Neville's Wartime Diary. | |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
3 February 1945 - 3 February 1945 | Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 (9 x KIA), battle damaged plus runaway prop, crashed Den Berg Texel, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 12048. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12048 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
