42-5392 Stric Nine : City of Albuquerque
This A/C has been confused with B-17F 42-3192 "G for George"
Internet. Public Domain.
Object Number - UPL 7196 - B-17F-50-BO 42-5392 AKA "Stric Nine." 427BS, 303BG(H). This A/C has been confused with B-17F 42-3192 "G for George"
Delivered Tulsa 29/11/42; Salina 25/1/43.
Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-X] Molesworth 26/3/43, then 358BS [VK-O] ; 21m.
Missing in Action Gilze-Rijen 19/8/43 with 6 KIA - (bodies washed up weeks later):
- Pilot: Lauren Quillen
- Co-pilot: John Homan
- Navigator: Bevan Colby
- Bombardier: Bill Irish
- Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elden Richter
- Radio Operator: Sal DiCosmo.
4 Prisoners of War :
- Ball turret gunner: Elbert Price
- Waist gunner: Joe Brown
- Waist gunner: Paul Abernathy
- Tail gunner: Art Sauer.
Enemy aircraft, #3 was out and wing on fire, ditched North Sea, off Hoek van Holland.
Missing Air Crew Report 285.
STRIC NINE / City of Albuquerque
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14165828
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18083590
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11063655 / O-797269
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38210049
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18071304 / O-746348
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 19 August 1943
- Date: 25 July 1943
- Date: 17 July 1943
- Date: 14 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
19 August 1943 | See more at : http://www.303rdbg.com/427quillen.html | |
|
Crashed |
19 August 1943 | Enemy flak caused ship to catch fire, causing the crew to attempt to bail out over the Dutch coast, with the Fortress crashing into the North Sea. Six of the crew were killed, with the other four taken prisoner. MACR 285 |
Revisions
303rd Bomb Group records
Edited "Basic Details" section to be easier to understand
Update to crash location from http://www.303rdbg.com/427quillen.html
Merged details from duplicate record, with media information provided by John Rogers (User SMLE).
Additional details from : http://www.303rdbg.com/427quillen.html
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 285 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
