42-30279 Black Jacker

Delivered Denver 8/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-F] Gt Ashfield 14/6/43; transferred 551BS [HR-F]; Missing in Action Wesermunde 26/7/43 with Jack Daniel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Buck, Radio Operator: Wayne Pringey (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Cornwell, Navigator: Bob McCallum, Bombardier: John McCarthy, Ball turret gunner: Paul Keefer - body found 15/8/43), Waist gunner: Felix Sanchez, Waist gunner: Jim Sims, Tail gunner: Warren Brown (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, near Wangerooge, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 191C. BLACK JACKER.

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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 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37216663
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735056
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-663868
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 26 July 1943

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the 551 BS listed in the A/C #42-30279 description section.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description" - "turret" was misspelled.

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

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Contributorhermanns
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385th BG website

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 191 A / MACR 191 C / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database