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B-17 Flying Fortress
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.
Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Squadron
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Hit by flak and crashed near Zeitz on 8/16/44 in B-17 Dottie II #4229962
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Zeitz on 8/16/44 in B-17 Dottie II #4229962
POW
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Zeitz on 8/16/44 in B-17 Dottie II #4229962
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Zeitz on 8/16/44 in B-17 Dottie II #4229962
POW
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed near Zeitz in B-17 Dottie II #4229962
Military | Sergeant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Hit by flak and crashed near Zeitz on 8/16/44 in B-17 Dottie II #4229962
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 96th Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Zeitz on 8/16/44 in G-17 Dottie II #4229962
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Zeitz on 8/16/44 in B-17 Dottie II #4229962
POW
Military site : airfield
Alconbury had been constructed as a satellite airfield for RAF Upwood and Wyton and was used by RAF Squadrons: Nos. 15, 40 and 156. In preparation for the arrival of American heavy bombers, the base was developed in 1942 with the runways extended. When...
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 16 August 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8455 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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