42-29765 Nip N Tuck

Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Presque 5/4/43; Assigned 95BG SWEET 17 Framlingham17/4/43; transferred 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-R] Ridgewell 14/7/43; Missing in Action 17m Bremen 8/10/43 with Jim Hartje, Co-pilot: Joe Jerome, Navigator: Edgar Norton, Bombardier: Joe Chenault, Radio Operator: Gerald LaPlace, Waist gunner: Ed Swackhamer,Tail gunner: Art Seiber (7 Prisoner of War), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Kaseman, Ball turret gunner: Clayton Boykin, Waist gunner: Ed Czyz (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set #2 & #3 on fire, crashed abot 25 miles from Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 883. NIP ‘N TUCK.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39540571
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676508
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35311587
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671925
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671944
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 8 October 1943

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 883 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database