42-31354 Lounge Lizard, Dixie Jane
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Object Number - UPL 31759
Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 5/1/44; transferred 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Durward Sorensen, Co-pilot: Bob Evans, Navigator: Henry Hambrick, Bombardier: Willard Bader, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Herman, Waist gunner: Paul Simerly, Waist gunner: Larry Watkins (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Arvo Palmerthrown clear in crash but broke his neck, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Holmes,Tail gunner: Jim Nagy (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft on return, ship headed for Sweden, but crash landed on German A/fd two miles NE of Zerbst, SE of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3191. LOUNGE LIZARD aka DIXIE JANE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12131940 / O-749663
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-745060
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11064201 / O-691993
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36373094
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19070231
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380068.jpg.webp?itok=3h76SN3N)
- Date: 8 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Cheyenne AAF, WY | 26 October 1943 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 26-Oct-43. |
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Assigned |
Great Ashfield UK | 5 January 1944 | Assigned 385BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Assigned |
Deopham Green, UK | 6 January 1944 | Transferred 731BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed |
Zerbst, Germany | 8 March 1944 - 8 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 8-Mar-44; intercepted by FW190's on return, A/C headed for Sweden, but crash landed on German A/fd two miles NE of Zerbst, SE of Magdeburg, Germany. 7 x POW, 3 x KIA MACR 3191. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Boeing. |
