42-30140 King Malfunction II

media-16127.jpeg UPL 16127 B-17F Ser.# 42-30140 "KING MALFUNCTION II" 532d Squadron, 381st Bomb Group (H)
Parked at a hardstand at Ridgewell AAF, June/July 1943

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Object Number - UPL 16127 - B-17F Ser.# 42-30140 "KING MALFUNCTION II" 532d Squadron, 381st Bomb Group (H) Parked at a hardstand at Ridgewell AAF, June/July 1943

Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Walla Walla 2/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/5/43; Dow Fd 26/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-V] Ridgewell 23/6/43; Missing in Action 6m Schweinfurt 17/8/43

Pilot - 1LT Jack Painter (KIA-body still in a/c)

Co-Pilot - 2LT Everett Ragan (flew in Tail Gunner position as Observer for Schweinfurt MSN)

*Co-pilot for Schweinfurt MSN - 1LT Robert Nelson (Group Operations Officer)

Navigator - 2LT William J. Keays

Bombardier - 2LT Lloyd Duke

Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner - S/Sgt Matthew Kowalski

Radio Operator - S/Sgt William Balentine

Left Waist Gunner - S/Sgt Norman G. Whitman,

Right Waist Gunner - S/Sgt Raymond Genz

Ball Turret Gunner - S/Sgt Allen J. Kellogg

Tail Gunner - S/Sgt James Mizell

Flak KO’d #3 & #4 feathered, crashed Esch, five miles SE of Munstereifel, Ger.

1 x KIA; 8 x Prisoner of War; 2 x Crew EVD (Nelson & Genz)

Missing Air Crew Report 379. KING MALFUNCTION II.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34129005
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734658
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37268430
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736866
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37198577
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Missions

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ol Swayback, Moor Fidite
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Angel
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gloria Ann, Iris, Uncle Sammy
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Great In Lani / Sweet Is (Le) Lani
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
B-17 42-30245 Lucky Lady
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucky Lady
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Bad Münstereifel, Germany 17 August 1943

Revisions

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ARowe95

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MACR 379

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MACR 379

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MACR 379

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MACR 379

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MACR 379; personal interviews conducting SGM Chris Lewis (nephew of Norman Whitman) with surviving crewmembers 1998-2002;

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 379 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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