42-30244 Holy Terror
Object Number - UPL 19201 - B-17 42-30244 'Holy Terror' 334 BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Tinker 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Assigned 351BG Polebrook 9/6/43; transferred 388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 18/6/43; with J.M. Adams force landed Bassingbourn AFB 16/9/43; 39m, Missing in Action Eberfeld 5/1/44 with Andy Williams, Navigator: George Thomas, Bombardier: Gene Schienburg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Westfall, Radio Operator: Paul Levinson, Ball turret gunner: George Ganster, Waist gunner: Harry Hunke, Waist gunner: Don Lynch, Tail gunner: Joe Booker (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Gene Davila (EVD - ret UK 7/9/44); crashed Lambourg, near Mesmil-Martinsart, 16 miles S of Arras, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1687. HOLY TERROR.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34339106
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36528220
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12155613
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20946205 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35347138
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
Missions
- Date: 13 December 1943
- Date: 5 December 1943
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group fly in formation. Passed for publication 15 Nov 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. Flying Fortresses In Action. Here is a series of pictures taken of Flying Fortresses over enemy territoty[sic] during a recent raid. These four engined "giants" are doing a good job with their successful daylight operations, and every bomb dropped is helping to speed up the end of the war. Photo Shows:- Aerial scenes of Fortresses over enemy territory in formation and in f](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413703.jpg.webp?itok=_Z4xNpVu)
- Date: 30 November 1943
- Date: 29 November 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Bassingbourn, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | 16 September 1943 | Force landed Bassingbourn AFB 16/9/43. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Lambourg, 35630 Saint-Brieuc-des-Iffs, France | 5 January 1944 - 5 January 1944 | Missing in Action Eberfeld 5/1/44. Crashed Lambourg, near Mesmil-Martinsart, 16 miles S of Arras, France. (9 x POW, 1 x EVD) Missing Air Crew Report 1687. |
Revisions
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
AAM DB Entry.
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1687 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database