42-3260 Angel's Tit
Bill Carleton Collection from the 100th Bomb Group Foundation
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
- 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: 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
25 June 1943 |
Revisions
B-17F 42-3260 'Angel's Tit' at the Kearney Army Airfield in the spring of 1943. 349th Squadron of the 100th Bomb Group
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 271 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database