42-39991 Look Homeward Angel
Delivered Long Beach 28/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-V] Grafton Underwood 8/1/44; then to the 546BS [BK-V]; Missing in Action Bonn (Cologne) on 4/3/44 with Walter Richard Carpenter-died from injuries while in hospital, Bombardier: Murray David Altman (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Benton Kennedy Jr, Navigator: Carl Anton Hedin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dwight Howard McCracken, Radio Operator: Wayne Peter Fallesen, Ball turret gunner: Edward Joseph O’Leary, Waist gunner: Donald Robert Girard (6 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bernard Frank Zyglowicz,Tail gunner: Clarence Paul Leibring (2 evaded capture); flak, crashed Blangemont, nine miles SW of St Pol, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2741. LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728536
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676530
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-533026
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37451120
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11073385
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 28 February 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 22 February 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 January 1944 - 4 March 1944 | 8 January 1944. New Replacement Aircraft. |
Revisions
Incorrect middle name for Dick Carpenter. My Dad was part of this crew from its inception.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2741 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database