42-5909 Mary Jane

42-5909 UPL 72732 UPL 72732 With further enhancement and analysis, this photo is now known to show the H2S Radar Pathfinder 42-5909, on loan from the 482nd Bomb Group, and going down on February 4, 1944, flown by Major Sheppard of the 447th Bomb Group

Info from 447th BG website. 

 

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Object Number - UPL 72732 - With further enhancement and analysis, this photo is now known to show the H2S Radar Pathfinder 42-5909, on loan from the 482nd Bomb Group, and going...

Delivered Long Beach 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 3/6/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG with H2S radar scanner, [PC-N] Alconbury 26/6/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/2/44 with Com. P-Major Lloyd Sheppard (447BG), c-Capt Lyman Collins, Co-pilot: Jerome Peyser, Navigator: Capt Earl Ellis, Navigator: Bill Hoffman (447BG), Bombardier: Fred Bell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Trauman, Radio Operator: Art Lombardo, Ball turret gunner: Gene Baillie, Waist gunner: Bob Barnes, Waist gunner: Bill Altekruse (11 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Lt Bill Kalman (Prisoner of War). Flak hit exploded ship in mid-air, crashed Gleuel-Bachem, eight miles SW of Cologne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3361 & 2511.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 4 February 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjoseph murphy
Changes
Sources

From tail gunners wife and confirmed with doc

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

12-man crew. William Kalman was the only survivor. See thread on Army Air Forces forum: http://forum.armyairforces.com/Information-on-B17-425909-MACR-3361-m220…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2511 / MACR 2968 / MACR 3199 / MACR 3361 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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