42-30255 Lonesome Polecat II
Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Assigned 351BG Polebrook 10/6/43; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-V] Horham 16/6/43; battle damage on 13/11/43 Ball turret gunner: E.J. Castona (wia), Tail gunner: Jim Cook, Waist gunner: Chas Wilbeck (2 Killed in Action); with D.H. Marten force landed RAF Westcott 4/10/43; with J.R. Miller 13/11/43 three KIA, Ball turret gunner: E.J. Castona, Waist gunner: Chas Witbeck, Tail gunner: Jim Cook; (23m) Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43 with Fred Delbern, Co-pilot: Don Neff, Radio Operator: Gene Darter (3 Killed in Action); Navigator: Royal Jackson, Bombardier: Junius Woollen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Loren Dodson, Ball turret gunner: Chas Schreiner, Waist gunner: Frank Lee, Waist gunner: Doral Hupp, Tail gunner: Bob McKeegan (7 Prisoner of War); crashed off Texel Is, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1558. LONESOME POLECAT II.
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- Date: 29 June 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Westcott, Dorking, Surrey RH4, UK | 4 October 1943 | Force landed RAF Westcott 4/10/43. Pilot Lt J R Miller. |
Other Combat damage |
13 November 1943 | Battle damage on 13/11/43 Ball turret gunner: Edward J Castona (WIA), Tail gunner: James Cook, Waist gunner: Chas Wilbeck (2 x KIA). | |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Texel, Netherlands | 16 December 1943 - 16 December 1943 | Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43. Crashed off Texel Is, Holland; (7 x POW, 3 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR1558. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” and in the event description sections to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1558 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database