42-30257 Lady Susie II*

Lady Susie II UPL 77447 UPL 77447 B-17 42-30257 Lady Susie II' - 385BG

Courtesy of Ronald Leach 385th Bomb Group collection

Via Ronald Leach from fathers photo album.

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Object Number - UPL 77447 - B-17 42-30257 Lady Susie II' - 385BG Courtesy of Ronald Leach

Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Gt Falls 24/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Tinker 13/6/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 16/6/43; transferred 550BS/385BG [SG-J] Gt Ashfield 17/6/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Bill Robbins, Co-pilot: Floyd Hicks, Navigator: Bill Brick, Bombardier: Irvin Rodemeyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe McGarry, Radio Operator: Hervin Charest, Ball turret gunner: Bob Daleus, Waist gunner: Walt Edelmann (8 KIA - all washed up on German coast over next few weeks); Waist gunner: Leon Ochs, Tail gunner: Lloyd Atkins (2 Prisoner of War); flak, then mid-air coll with 42-3308 (385BG) ditched North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 189C. LADY SUSIE II.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11094287
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-798735
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31110587
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13116593
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16100488
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Betty Boom, Big Stinky
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

North Sea 28 July 1943

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the A/C #42-3308 listed in the A/C description section.

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

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the A/C "Markings" section - "conflict" was misspelled.

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Contributorphil marchese
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AAM sysnopsis of B-17F-VE 42-5912.
OSBORNE, FORTLOG at 42-5912
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945, MARCHESE,
analysis of F-95-BO and mid-product F-VE configurations.

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Contributorhermanns
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Sources

385th BG website

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 189 C / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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