42-29829 Sons of Satan

media-39182.jpeg UPL 39182 The first plane Bob (second from left in photo) was assigned to was a B-17F, serial number 42-9829. The crew voted to nickname the airplane, Son-O-Satan. Bob opposed the name but was voted out. On it’s first mission, 29 May 1943, over the U-Boat docks at St. Nazaire, France, the plane (Son-O-Satan) was so heavily damaged by FLAK, that it never flew in combat again. Bob was happy to get a new plane!

2 March 2002 Interview with Robert M. Dawson, by MSgt. Norman Dawson, USAF (retired)

Object Number - UPL 39182 - The first plane Bob (second from left in photo) was assigned to was a B-17F, serial number 42-9829. The crew voted to nickname the airplane,...

Delivered Denver 23/2/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-F/P] Kimbolton 18/5/43; Missing in Action Bernburg 22/2/44 with Bob Haston, Radio Operator: Gordon Fisher, Waist gunner: Bill Nixon, Waist gunner: Conrad Gemmecke, Tail gunner: Lester Adriensen (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Foy Clingman - chute failed, Navigator: Harry Sheaffer - fell out of bomb bay minus chute when attempting to release a hung up bomb, Bombardier: Stanislaw Burblistogg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Raack, Ball turret gunner: Bob Spisak (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed two miles S of Gottingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2870. SONS O' SATAN.

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Stanley Alexander Kusy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13005223 / O-736253
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

George W Lee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Stanley F Manista

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12094067
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William G Nixon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32565622
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Andrew J Oman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20367119
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

22 February 1944

Revisions

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Removed some Punctuation in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Added B-17 to the Production block number to aid clarity and consistency.

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AAM associated image and synopsis.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2870 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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