42-30649 Rose olive

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation en route to Cologne. A B-17 Flying Fortress (UX-X, serial number 42-30649) nicknamed "Rose Olive" is visible on the left. First handwritten caption on reverse: '1/12/43 Cologne.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '92BG 11/43.' media-379197.jpg FRE 760 B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation en route to Cologne. A B-17 Flying Fortress (UX-X, serial number 42-30649) nicknamed "Rose Olive" is visible on the left. First handwritten caption on reverse: '1/12/43 Cologne.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '92BG 11/43.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 760 - B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation en route to Cologne. A B-17 Flying Fortress (UX-X, serial number 42-30649) nicknamed...

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/43; Kearney 26/7/43; Topeka 14/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-X] Alconbury 31/8/43; Podington 11/9/43; Missing in Action Sorau 11/4/44 with John Harris, Co-pilot: Milton Wilson, Navigator: Jim Goodner, Bombardier: Chas Pettibone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Obechina, Radio Operator: Clinton Gill, Ball turret gunner: Roger Fuller, Waist gunner: Howard Evans, Waist gunner: Jennings Ball, Tail gunner: Don Cash (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, damage caused explosion in mid-air, crashed Martinsbuettel, five miles W of Fallersleben, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3668. ROSE OLIVE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 April 1944

Revisions

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

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3668 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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