42-31600 Pride of New Mexico : Uncle

media-19211.jpeg UPL 19211 B-17G 42-31600 'Pride Of New Mexico' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 19211 - B-17G 42-31600 'Pride Of New Mexico' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 15/12/43; San Bernardino 20/12/43; Grenier 21/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/32; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-T] Horham 2/1/44 PRIDE OF NEW MEXICO; 335BS [OE-M]; 91m, Missing in Action Osnabruck 21/11/44 with Roy Schoaf, Co-pilot: Dick White, Navigator: Gordon Redfeldt, Bombardier: Leo Martone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Wolf, Radio Operator: Jack Tallman, Ball turret gunner: John Strayer, Waist gunner: John Predergast, Tail gunner: Don Krebs (9 Prisoner of War); battle damaged and two engines out, and jettisoning ball turret, crashed St Vith, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report 11195. SPIRIT OF NEW MEXICO aka UNCLE.

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Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.  Some of the men are  wearing  flying gear.  There is also some gear lying in front of the men.
  • Date: 8 August 1944
A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg. 

Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'
  • Date: 6 August 1944

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21 November 1944 - 21 November 1944 Missing in Action Osnabruck 21/11/44. Battle damaged and two engines out, and jettisoning ball turret, crashed St Vith, Belgium. (9 x POW) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 11195.

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

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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11195 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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