42-30273 Patsy Ann lll
Delivered Cheyenne 7/5/43; Gore 8/5/43; Cheyenne 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 16/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-F] Horham 17/6/43; with R.C. Cozens force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43; Missing in Action (18m) Munster 10/10/43 with Bill Buckley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Sluder, Radio Operator: Ralph Piner, Ball turret gunner: Harry Balmer, Waist gunner: Leo Baron (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Fred Kennie, Navigator: Bob Barto, Bombardier: Edison Janney, Waist gunner: Don Reinhart (4 Prisoner of War), Tail gunner: Ed Burlingham (Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft blew off complete tail, crashed Bertling House, Sinningen, 13 miles N of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 942. PATSY ANN III.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 455th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 741st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13007515
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17011468
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727183
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729958
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-669304
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Missions
- Date: 7 September 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 September 1943
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 15 August 1943
- Date: 14 July 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
St Eval, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27, UK | 28 June 1943 | Force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Sinningen, 48369 Saerbeck, Germany | 10 October 1943 - 10 October 1943 | Missing in Action (18m) Munster 10/10/43. Enemy aircraft blew off complete tail, crashed Bertling House, Sinningen, 13 miles N of Munster, Ger; (5 x KIA, 4 x POW, 1 x RTD) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 942. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 942 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 942 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database