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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/43; Sioux City 19/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Bangor 13/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-K/I] Kimbolton 22/4/43; Missing in Action Bochum 12/8/43 with Ralph Osborne, Radio Operator: Mildred Fambrough, Ball turret gunner: Larry Truman, Waist gunner: Warren Dayton, Waist gunner: Chas Irwin,Tail gunner: Howie Scruggs (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Les Jones, Navigator: Bill Hand, Bombardier: Tom Wickham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pat Keenan (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed near Metternich, NW of Bonn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1762.
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x combat missions. Co-pilot of B-17 42-29866 'Judy B' on Hamburg mission, when pilot Lt Willis C Carlisle was killed at controls. A/C fought of fighters whilst in uncontrolled plunge from 16,000ft to 3,500ft 25...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Le Bourget in B-17 42-29866; Shot down by flak 16-Aug-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1352
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. Fatally wounded by fighter attack in B-17 42-29866 'Judy B' on Hamburg mission. Took deflected round (ricocheted off co-pilots seat) in back. Crew fought of fighters and co-pilot returned A/C...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #4229898 'Scarlett O'Hara. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29898 'Scarlett O'Hara', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Flew 7 missions--
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Plane shot down on 12 Aug 1943.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Le Bourget in B-17 42-29866; Shot down by flak 16-Aug-43. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 1352
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #4229898 'Scarlett O'Hara. ' Burned on left side of face and arm. Also had appendix removed while in Prisoner of War (POW) camp
Air Medal; Purple Heart; POW Medal
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #4229898 'Scarlett O'Hara. ' was taken Prisoner of War (POW). and died of his injuries in the crash while a Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
12 August 1943
This mission is separated into two elements. The first element is a combined force of 183 B-17s from 1st Bomb Division: 91BG (22); 92BG (19); 303BG (20); 305BG (20); 306BG (20); 351BG (21); 379BG (21); 381BG (20); and 384BG (20) are dispatched to bomb...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 12 August 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:24 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1762 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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