42-30166 You Cawnt Miss It

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Memphis 30/4/43; Presque Is 8/5/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-L] Earls Colne 15/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43 You Cant miss it; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 5/11/43 with Jim Killian body washed ashore 9/12/43, Co-pilot: Joe Kulik, Navigator: Capt Bob Schaeferbody washed up 1/1/44, Bombardier: Neil Damato, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Ferrin, Radio Operator: Harlen Yost, Waist gunner: Don May,Tail gunner: Jim Pauley (8 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Lee Deese, Waist gunner: Joe Langford (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit caused explosion, ditched North Sea 300 yds W of Haamstede on Schouwen Is, Holl Missing Air Crew Report 1043. YOU CAWN'T MISS IT.

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Joseph F Kulik

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joe N Langford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Donald G May

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

James C Pauley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and his crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943.' Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. J.D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Anderson; Col. J.

Robert L Schaefer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Belgium 5 November 1943

Revisions

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ContributorOdin Downey
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Casualty report U.S air forces

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1043 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database