42-30047 Sweater Girl

media-50485.jpeg UPL 50485 S/Sgt. Paul A. Vrabeck, Carnell Crew, 350th BS, 100th BG

Object Number - UPL 50485 - S/Sgt. Paul A. Vrabeck, Carnell Crew, 350th BS, 100th BG

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Hill 5/5/43; Wendover 10/5/43; Kearney 21/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Q] Thorpe Abbotts 2/6/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Rich Atchison, Co-pilot: Willard Secor, Navigator: Ken Baron, Bombardier: Sol Goldstein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Bennett, Tail gunner: Van Write (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Elder Lisch, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Coombs, Waist gunner: Westley Field, Waist gunner: Elliott Preble (4 Killed in Action); hit by wreckage of B-17 & Me 109, crashed Schirl-Beverstrang, four miles E of Ostberven, near Munster, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1031. SWEATER GIRL.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738063
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-675982
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group plan a route under the engines of their B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 Aug 1943.' [stamp] and '280033.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg' Associated Press Photo shows: Back Row (left to right) ' T/Sgt Ira Bardman,of Greenlane,Penn; S/Sgt Alfred Clark of Dodge ,Mass;S/Sgt M J Casebolt, of Osborne, Ohio; T/Sgt James W Brady of Long Island N.Y
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 October 1943

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space to the A/C “Description” for readability.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the nickname mentioned in the A/C “Description”. Added a connection to the 8th AF.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1031 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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