42-30274 Our Bay-Bee
MACR 402
Object Number - UPL 25865 - Pilot 1st Lt Walter A. Baker
Delivered Cheyenne 8 May 1943; Gore 9 May 1943; Smoky Hill 17 May 1943; Dow Field 5 June 1943; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-Q] Horham 15 June 1943; 5 missions. Missing in Action Regensburg 17 August 1943 with a 335BS crew. Pilot 1st Lt Walter A. Baker; Navigator: 2nd Lt Cedric L. Nussbaum; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: T/Sgt Alvin O. Forney; Radio Operator: T/Sgt Walter T. McDermott; Right Waist gunner: S/Sgt William H. Binnebose Jr (Wounded in Action); Left Waist gunner: S/Sgt Roscoe J. Alderman; Tail gunner: S/Sgt Albert G. Bergeron (7 Prisoner of War). Co-pilot: 2nd Lt Martin G. Minnich; Bombardier: 2nd Lt Henry P. Sarnow; Ball turret gunner: Sgt John White (3 evaded capture, with the help of the Belgian COMETE evasion network). Attacked by enemy aircraft on the route going into the target. Was last sighted south of Eupen, Belgium. The damaged aircraft left the formation and 7 chutes were seen to leave the ship, after which the plane exploded. Crashed Mol, SE of Turnhout, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report : MACR 402. For more details about OUR BAY-BEE and its crew, go to http://www.aircrewremembered.com/gallery/index.php?/category/6
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34124195
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736458
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33093733
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16024974
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35213248
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 26 July 1943
- Date: 25 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Mol, Belgium | 17 August 1943 - 17 August 1943 | Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43. Cause - enemy aircraft damage, dropped back and crashed in Mol, SE of Turnhout, Belgium; (3 x EVD, 7 x POW) - Missing Air Crew Report MACR 402. |
Revisions
Removed some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Corrected pilot's first name in Biography; the crew was from the 335BS, the plane from the 334th...
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 402 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
