42-107225
Aircraft 42-107225
scanned these photos from personal photo album of George Keating
Some are from training, others are from Deopham Green
Delivered Tulsa 28/3/44; Kearney 6/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 22/4/44; damaged in taxi collision with 42-97206 at Harwick Afd 7/6/44; Missing in Action Eindhoven 9/8/44 with Horace Bradshaw, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Martin (2 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Tim Ahren, Navigator: Bill Farriss, Bombardier: George Blanford, Radio Operator: Mike Billey, Waist gunner: Alex Jablonski,Tail gunner: Bill Kirk (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Frank Doucette (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Eindhoven, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 7388.
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12208374
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top turret gunner/ flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15102536
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: Canadian
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 9 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7388 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database