42-3545 Lizbeth II

media-19222.jpeg UPL 19222 B-17F 42-3545 'Lizbeth II' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 19222 - B-17F 42-3545 'Lizbeth II' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Delivered Denver 2/8/43; Grand Island 12/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 9/43; with K. Rongstad force landed Sntterton Heath 10/10/43; with Andy Rozentinsky 20/12/43 Flight engineer/top turret gunner: T Whitman, Waist gunner: S. Eastling (both wia); 13m, Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Andy Rozentinsky, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Vandam (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Phil Warner, Navigator: Jennings Beck, Bombardier: Omar Patterson (3 evaded capture); Radio Operator: Bob Buchanan, Ball turret gunner: Chas Staudt, Waist gunner: Ragnar Kvickstrom, Waist gunner: Larry Esala,Tail gunner: Bill Kiner (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hulste, 19 miles SW of Ghent, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 2257. LIZBETH II.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685753
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13057233 / O-673453
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39026968
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37271477
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13132315
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Crashed

10 October 1943 Force landed Snetterton Heath 10/10/43. Pilot Lt K Rongstad.

Crashed

20 December 1943 Force landed with pilot Lt Andy Rozentinsky 20/12/43.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

29 January 1944 - 29 January 1944 Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Hulste, 19 miles SW of Ghent, Belgium. (2 x POW, 3 x EVD, 5 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2257.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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