42-5057 Dry Martini & the Cocktail Kids 4th
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; Presque Is 19/10/42; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-M] Chelveston 30/10/42, then 364BS [WF-M]; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Ron Dahly, Co-pilot: Roger Jones broke both legs, Bombardier: Bill Beckman, Radio Operator: Grant Carter, Ball turret gunner: Joe Kling, Waist gunner: Adolph Waldman, Waist gunner: Cliff Jones, Tail gunner: Bill Koger (8 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Allen Johnson (evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Millar (Killed in Action); out of fuel, crashed Ferme Lequien, near St Leger-aux-Bois, seven miles NE of Compiegne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1343.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 734789
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35481625
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733618
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12004109 at enlistment, then O-670748
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39235038
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Cheyenne AAF, WY | 9 September 1942 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 9-Sep-42. |
Assigned |
Chelveston, UK | 30 October 1942 | Assigned 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
St Leger-aux-Bois, France | 6 September 1943 - 6 September 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Stuttgart 6-Sep-43 with Dahly crew; out of fuel, crashed Ferme Lequien, near St Leger-aux-Bois, 7 miles NE of Compiegne, France 1 x EVD, 8 x POW, 1 x KIA MACR 1343. |