42-107050 Tornado Jr
Delivered Denver 7/2/44; Assigned: 398BG Rapid City AAF 4/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-O] Horham 12/5/44; 24m, MIA: Bohlen 7/10/44 with Joe Farrar, Co-pilot: Don Robinson, Navigator: Albt Monnett, Bombardier: Jack Abadie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wade Minor, Radio Operator: Roy Patocka, Ball turret gunner: Maurice Clabaugh, Waist gunner: Bob Reyburn,Tail gunner: Clark Houston (9 POW); flak, crashed Heierhoeve, Netherlands Missing Air Crew Report 9561. TORNADO JR.
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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: 18139559 / O-0997448
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36699627
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753912
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 7 October 1944
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tornado Jr
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Heierhoeve, Netherlands | 7 October 1944 - 7 October 1944 | Missing in Action Merseburg 7/10/44. (9 Prisoner of War); shot down by flak, crashed Heierhoeve, Netherlands, Missing Air Crew Report 9561. |
Revisions
corrected crash location from Verliesregister, MACR and Luftwaffe reports.
correct basic information using aircraft card
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9561 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database