42-31103 Pegasus Too

media-38010.jpeg UPL 38010 "Crew of the 563rd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Pegasus, Too'. England, 8 February 1944."

Rear L-R: S/Sgt Eugene S Budzbanowski, 2Lt Joseph D McGovern Jr, 1Lt Charles B Miller, S/Sgt Richard E Ratley.

Front L-R: S/Sgt Leslie G Thibodeau, T/Sgt John Ellis Lower, 2Lt Stephen W Mitrick, S/Sgt Bernard J Shaw, 2Lt Kenneth M Kelley.

Object Number - UPL 38010 - "Crew of the 563rd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Pegasus, Too'. England, 8 February 1944." Rear L-R:...

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gr Island 5/10/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Lloyd Wilson, Co-pilot: Chas Coleman, Bombardier: John Markert, Radio Operator: Francis Seibel, Ball turret gunner: Ed Shaw, Waist gunner: Claud Dearmond, Waist gunner: Guadalupe Sandoval (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Watts, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Hessler, Tail gunner: Chas Gregory (3 Prisoner of War); col with enemy aircraft, crashed Steyerberg, nine miles SW of Nienburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3594. PEGASUS, TOO.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15337828
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684808
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680178
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38307571
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY, USA 20 September 1943

Assigned

Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK 26 October 1943 388 BG 563 BS

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

31595 Steyerberg, Germany 23 March 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

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

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 153

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3594 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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