42-29941 Tarfu
Object Number - UPL 32701 - "381st Bomb Group Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, wing their way toward their objective - a vital enemy target in Europe."
Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 26/3/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43 TARFU; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 15/7/43 TS TARFU; Missing in Action 15m Bremen 8/10/43 with Capt Edwin Manchester, Co-pilot: Capt Elton Jukes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim O’Donnell, Radio Operator: Lorenzo Darrington, Ball turret gunner: Art Tucker, Waist gunner: Anthony Budzic (6 Killed in Action), Navigator: Marvin Smith, Bombardier: Keith Moore, Waist gunner: Matthew Berk, Tail gunner: Wade McCook (4 Prisoner of War); flak blew ship in half, crashed Talge, 22 miles N of Osnabruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 884. TS TOO. (TARFU)
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16014880
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734961
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32275984
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736900
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19082420
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 October 1943 |
Revisions
Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey D Ward. Second Edition with Errata and Supplemental Information. Taylor Publishing. 1996. page 21, 293, 303 (According to this source, 42-29941 was not the s/n assigned to Tarfu; 42-29941 is unnamed and is shown as transferred to 381st on 15 Jul 1943. That said, there is a Tarfu discussed on p 21, led by Captain Carroll Joe Bender, but shows 42-29938 and totaled 26 May 1943.)
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 884 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database