42-30142 Pistol Packin Mama

media-41156.jpeg UPL 41156 B17 42-30142 " Pistol Packin Mama" crash landed on November 5th 1943 at Ijzendijke Holland

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Object Number - UPL 41156 - B17 42-30142 " Pistol Packin Mama" crash landed on November 5th 1943 at Ijzendijke Holland

Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/43; Sioux City 30/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 22/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-L] Grafton Underwood 29/9/43; transferred 560BS/388BG Knettishall /43; Missing in Action 35m Gelsenkirchen 5/11/43 with Roy Walker, Navigator: Ken Haines, Bombardier: Don Naughton, Radio Operator: George Harper, Waist gunner: Luther Hawkins (5 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bill Marshall, Ball turret gunner: Bob Feese (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Koenig, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Shaver, Tail gunner: John Buckner (3 evaded capture after escaping from POW train); flak, crash landed Ijzendijke, eight miles SE of Flushing, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 3123. PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34036141
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-740962
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

5 November 1943

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3123 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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