42-3260 Angel's Tit

B-17F 42-3260 UPL 72377 UPL 72377 B-17F 42-3260 'Angel's Tit' at Kearney Army Airfield in the spring of 1943. 349th Squadron of the 100th Bomb Group

Bill Carleton Collection from the 100th Bomb Group Foundation

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Object Number - UPL 72377 - B-17F 42-3260 'Angel's Tit' at Kearney Army Airfield in the spring of 1943. 349th Squadron of the 100th Bomb Group

Delivered Denver 16/4/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-K] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action convoy off Holland 25/6/43 with Alonzo Adams, Co-pilot: George Krech, Bombardier: Jesse Gurley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Sullivan, Radio Operator: Jim Purcell, Ball turret gunner: John Kruzich, Waist gunner: Edmond Walker, Waist gunner: Norman Asbornsen, Tail gunner: Bryant Hutchinson (9 Killed in Action); Navigator: Nick Demchak (POW-picked up by German boat); hit by enemy aircraft 20 miles N of the Frisian Is. and ship exploded, crashed North Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 271. ANGEL'S TIT.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-792440
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

25 June 1943

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B-17F 42-3260 'Angel's Tit'  at the Kearney Army Airfield in the spring of 1943.  349th Squadron of the 100th Bomb Group

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Removed media. 

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Added "B-17" to the "Production block number".

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

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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.

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Marchese, FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 271 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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