42-30206 Happy Daze

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Rougham 13/6/43; Missing in Action Warnemunde 25/7/43 with John Keelan, Co-pilot: Loren Hubbell, Navigator: Bill Gruelich, Bombardier: Tom Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edgar Cannon, Radio Operator: Gene Devoe, Ball turret gunner: John Kornick, Waist gunner: Herb Simes, Tail gunner: Bob Hodge (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Tom Brown (Killed in Action); flak set wing on fire, ditched 30 miles off Danish coast, rescued by RAF Warwick which dropped airborne lifeboat. Missing Air Crew Report 89. HAPPY DAZE.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 25 July 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 89 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database