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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 14/2/44; Gr Island 3/3/44; Grenier 23/3/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-D] Polebrook 7/4/44; Missing in Action 32m Augsburg 19/7/44 with Richard Chapman, Navigator: Lewis Page, tog-Ken Graham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Russell, Radio Operator: Albert Binsfield (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Arther, Ball turret gunner: Jim Laverty, Waist gunner: Harry Hoff,Tail gunner: Oscar Kemp (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ober-Gunzberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7556. SHOO SHOO BABY.
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 | Co-Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down by fighters and crashed at Guenzberg in B-17 Shoo Shoo Baby 42-107077 on 7/19/44
Military | Sergeant First Class | Radio Operator | 351st Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Guenzberg, Germany on 7/19/44 in B-17 Shoo Shoo Baby #42107077`
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Guenzberg on 7/19/44 in B-17 Shoo Shoo Baby #42107077
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Guenzberg on 7/19/44 in B-17 Shoo Shoo Baby #42107077
POW
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Guenzberg in B-17 'Shoo Shoo Baby' #42-107077, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Guenzberg in B-17 Shoo Shoo Baby #42107077
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Guenzberg in B-17 Shoo Shoo Baby #42107077
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 351st Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Guenzberg on 7/19/44 in B-17 'Shoo Shoo Baby' #42-107077, bailed out, Prisoner of War (POW). Delivered to police post by civilians.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 351st Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Guenzberg on 7/19/44 in B-17 Shoo Shoo Baby #42107077
POW
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 |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Augsburg, Germany | 19 July 1944 |
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Shot down near Obergünzburg, Germany |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 January 2015 14:55:01 | abinsfield | Changes to markings |
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MACR #:7556 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 January 2015 21:27:45 | abinsfield | Changes to markings |
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Informed by Father |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 January 2015 17:32:43 | abinsfield | Changes to events |
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MACR #: 7556 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 January 2015 17:17:04 | abinsfield | Changes to nicknames, description, events and place associations |
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MACR #: 7556 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7556 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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