42-29962 Rum Boogie II, Dottie III, Green Banana
Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/43; Walla Walla 28/3/43; Selfridge 29/4/43; Presque Is 4/5/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43 RUM BOOGIE II; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-E] Alconbury 26/7/43; mid air collision with 42-29725 (92BG) with Jim Foster, force landed 13 miles north of Portsmouth 30/8/43; AFSC Bovingdon 16/10/43; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 8/11/43; transferred 569BS/390BG Framlingham; Missing in Action [48m] Zeitz 16/8/44 with Bob Buckley, Co-pilot: Bob Nye, Navigator: John Stearns, tog-Lewis Hughes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Blackmon, Radio Operator: Francis McDemott, Ball turret gunner: Ray Cook, Waist gunner: Bill Combow (8 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: Herbert Harms (Killed in Action); flak hit set front of ship on fire which exploded, crashed Calsewitz, W of Zeitz, Ger; DOTTIE III aka GREEN BANANA. Missing Air Crew Report 8455.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19073450
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 16 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8455 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database