42-30734 Slightly Dangerous
Crew Chief Joe Picard photo album
Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Long Beach 8/8/43; Geiger 10/8/43; Walla Walla 12/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 5/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Chas Thompson, Co-pilot: Ross McEuen, Bombardier: Bill Sprow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Derby, Radio Operator: Jack Stern, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Cook, Tail gunner: Don Leech, obs-John Hoerr (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Ed Jones, Waist gunner: Floyd Cahill, Waist gunner: Chas Nessel (3 Killed in Action); shot down by fighter, lost right wing and exploded, crashed Walingen, near Havixbeck, six miles W of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1023. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS.
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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: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33221147
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34038084
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095664
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-683347
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13153331
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
10 October 1943 |
Revisions
Capitalized the words in the A/C "Nickname" field to aid readability.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1023 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database