42-29725 Hi-Lo Jack

media-41064.jpeg UPL 41064 Photo of the original Ralph Bruce crew, Grand Island, Nebraska, 24 June 1943, right before their departure for England.

Standing, from left to right : Navigator Lt. Richard Manning (replaced by Lt David G. Prosser on the fateful 3 September 1943 mission); Co-Pilot Lt. Sebron A. McQueen; Pilot Lt. Ralph Bruce and Bombardier Lt. Bertram R. Theiss.

In front, from left to right : Left Waist Gunner S/Sgt Robert D. Muir, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner T/Sgt Etheridge Lamm (killed on the Hannover mission on 26 July 1943), Tail Gunner T/Sgt Simeon K. McGuire, T/Sgt Hedley E. Cassidy (replacing Etheridge Lamm as Engineer), Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. George J. "Shorty" Caldon (sick before the 3 September 1943 mission, he was replaced by 1943 par Milton Seldin, not pictured). Radio Operator T/Sgt Mike Fleszar.

Caldon will be made a POW after the loss of B-17 42-30726 on the Schweinfurt raid of 10 October 1943),

(Crew photo via the Theiss family)

Connected People (Caldon and Lamm) to UPL 41064

Object Number - UPL 41064 - Photo of the original Ralph Bruce crew, Grand Island, Nebraska, 24 June 1943, right before their departure for England. Standing, from left to...

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Dow Fd 18/4/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-G] Bassingbourn 10/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-U] Alconbury 30/7/43; slight mid-air collision with 42-29962 (96BG) force landed 13 miles north of Portsmouth, UK with Ralph Bruce 30/8/43;



Missing in Action St Andre de L'Eure 3/9/43 with Ralph Bruce, Co-pilot: Sabron McQueen, Navigator: Dave Prosser, Bombardier: Bert Theiss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hedley Cassidy, Radio Operator: Mike Fleszar, Waist gunner: Bob Muir (7 evaded capture); Ball turret gunner: Milton Seldon, Waist gunner: Regis McDonnell, Tail gunner: Simeon McGuire (3 Prisoner of War), enemy aircraft, crashed Touran, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 659. HI-LO JACK.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735040
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16092258
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33391867
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Changed first name from Simon to Simeon. Source:
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 659 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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