42-29943 Situation Normal

media-15472.jpeg UPL 15472

A Fort Called Situation Normal - The Final Chapter
William D. Henderson

Object Number - UPL 15472

Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 26/3/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 15/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-K] Alconbury 16/6/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; 335BS [OE-K] Horham 15/6/43; 12/9/43 with A.R. Witt f/d RAF Morton Calence (?); 20/12/43 with A.R. Witt force landed Bungay afd; 31/12/43 with F.G. Vansant force landed RAF Eastchurch; 44m, Missing in Action Oldenburg 6/3/44 with Albert Mailman, Co-pilot: John Cassidy, Navigator: Dave Hazlett, Bombardier: Marion Beal, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Frantz (5 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Ray McDowell, Ball turret gunner: Jim Wint, Waist gunner: Wilbur Cooper, Waist gunner: Henry Baswell, Tail gunner: Bill Henderson (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attack near Haseluenne, ship exploded, crashed Ellinghausen, near Barnsdorf, 15 miles NE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2890. SITUATION NORMAL.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685753
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Ten Knights in a Bar Room
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 1141st Quartermaster Company 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33138495
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Combat damaged

15 June 1943 Starboard horizontal stabiliser and elevator damaged by gunfire, 20mm cannon shell damaged #1 engine prop blade.

Crashed

12 September 1943 F/d RAF Morton Valence. Pilot Lt Alden R Witt. 12/9/43.

Crashed

20 December 1943 Force landed Bungay afd. Pilot Lt Alden R Witt. 20/12/43.

Crashed

31 December 1943 Force landed RAF Eastchurch. Pilot Lt Franklin G Vansant. 31/12/43.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

6 March 1944 - 6 March 1944 Missing in Action Oldenburg 6/3/44. Cause - enemy aircraft attack near Haseluenne, ship exploded, crashed Ellinghausen, near Barnsdorf, 15 miles NE of Diepholz, Germany. (5 x POW, 5 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2890.

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AAM DB Entry.
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942
The Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond: The 95th Bomb Group in War and Peace31 Aug 2011 by Rob Morris and Ian Hawkins

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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AAM DB Entry Correction.

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AAM DB Entry.
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942
The Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond: The 95th Bomb Group in War and Peace31 Aug 2011 by Rob Morris and Ian Hawkins

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A Fort Called Situation Normal - The Final Chapter
William D. Henderson

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2980 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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