42-39948 Leading Lady
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Long Beach 14/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-M] Chelveston 15/11/43; detailed Munich 31/7/44 with Capt Gene Henry, Co-pilot: Carmine Savastao, Navigator: Paul Young, Bombardier: Martin Lally, Radio Operator: Bill Mauntel, Ball turret gunner: Gerald Palmer, Waist gunner: Joe Peed,Tail gunner: Dale Hanks (8 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Bamforth (KIA by flak hit in head); transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 20/5/45 (first in group to 100 missions); 110m, retUS 121 BU Bradley 7/6/46; Romulus 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45. LEADING LADY.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11016909
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-718232
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-761735
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 364th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12137414
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33900284
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 31 July 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15328 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database