42-30816 Mary Ellen III
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Cheyenne 31/7/43; Gr Isle 9/8/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [SG-J] Great Ashfield 25 August 1943. Hit by enemy fighters on the return flight on the 11 December 1943 mission to Emden, Germany. Last sighted near Norden, Germany, with engine #2 on fire. Crashed in a field near the farm of Hendericus Warendorp Torringa, Zuurdijksestraat in Warfhuizen, 25km NW of Groningen, Noord Holland, The Netherlands. Pilot: Forrest V. Poore; Co-pilot: John R. Ward; Navigator: Linn G. Stuckenbruck; Bombardier: William A. Nicholls; Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: Alva M. Woodall (landed in the Reitdiep Canal, near Leens, Northwest of Groningen, The Netherlands and drowned-Killed In Action); Radio Operator: Paul L. Balogh; Ball turret gunner: Harold L. Morris (Killed In Action); Left Waist gunner: William A. Kelly; Right Waist gunner: John D O’Connell Jr; Tail gunner: James Capillos. 2 KIA / 8 Prisoners of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 1664.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35333547
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11046233
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665675
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31155161
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19040535 / O-728886
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 11 December 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed To Return (FTR) |
11 December 1943 | crashed in a field near Warfhuizen, The Netherlands |
Revisions
Corrected Pilot's first name (Forrest, not Forest) and middle name initial : V insted of T
MACR 1664
Dutch page at http://zuurdiek.nl/1943-vliegend-fort-mary-ellen-iii-neergestort/
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1664 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database