42-3548 Little Willie
Pilot
388th BG - 563rd BS
B-17F-75-DL #42-3548 "Little Willie"
388bg.info
Delivered Denver 28/7/43; Scott 9/8/43; Assigned 563BS/385BG [ -X] Gt Ashfield 25/8/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Dick Davis, Navigator: Leroy Coy (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Cooper, Bombardier: Ed Barwikowski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Miller, Radio Operator: Don Enslow, Ball turret gunner: Bob Cheatham, Waist gunner: Glenn Fredenburg, Waist gunner: Bill Patton, Tail gunner: Bill Good (8 Prisoner of War); flak hit in Ruhr Valley, crashed Hullern, five miles E of Haltern, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3593.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37417707
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38174206
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11070834
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35462046
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 23 March 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
388th BG SITE lists it as theirs.
The later G-DL in which FO B.Dopko and crew were shot down and became prisoners is ot this a/c.
This aircraft is an earlier production as shown in the starboard view.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3593 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database