42-31331 Mon tete rouge, tina tangerine

Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Walla Walla 6/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Glenn Butterworth, Co-pilot: Joe Schaller, Navigator: Chas Mueller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Mullany, Radio Operator: Fred Thibodeau, Ball turret gunner: John Leatherbury, Waist gunner: Milton Knedler, Waist gunner: Andy VanOver,Tail gunner: Marlin Monson (9 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Orville Robertson (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 then shattered cockpit, crash landed on bank of River Weser, close to centre of Nienburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3190. MON TETE ROUGE aka TINA TANGERINE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 8 March 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorPete
Changes
Sources

452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3190 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database