42-30139 Snuffy

media-13538.jpeg UPL 13538 42-30139 JD-O, SNUFFY, 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, MIA 17-08-1943, MACR 294

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Object Number - UPL 13538 - 42-30139 JD-O, SNUFFY, 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, MIA 17-08-1943, MACR 294

Delivered to Cheyenne 15/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Sioux City 30/4/43; Kearney 6/5/43; Tinker 22/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 29/5/43; Assigned 545Bomb Squadron/384Bomb Group [JD-O] Station 106, Grafton Underwood on 14 June 1943; Missing in Action on a mission to Schweinfurt 17 August 1943 with Oliver Sweningsen, Co-pilot: Carlos P. Stewart, Navigator: Robert M. Koening, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wallace B. Dawson, Radio Operator: Joseph S. Barta, Ball turret gunner: Leon Svirsky, Waist gunner: Alfred Meyer,Tail gunner: Charles F. Tate Jr. (8 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: Victor T. Kelly, Waist gunner: Richard S. Grover (2 Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed at Stangenroth, six miles Northwest of Bad Kissingen, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 294.

Named after popular comic strip character "SNUFFY SMITH"

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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.

Raymond Walter Manning

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-793805
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Lawrence Wayne Meyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19063805 / O-733702
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Alfred Meyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Headshot of smiling man wearing Air Force leather flying gear. Headphones are sitting on man's head

John Daniel Neyland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735912
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.

Alfred Charles Nuttall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-404094
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Group Operations Officer / Squadron Commander

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 17 August 1943

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 294 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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