42-31698

Delivered Cheyenne 7/12/43; Gt Falls 8/12/43; Cheyenne 28/12/43; Gr Island 28/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-N] Ridgewell 23/2/44; Missing in Action `30+m` Berlin 24/5/44 with Clarry Wainwright, Navigator: Harry Dorn, Bombardier: Jim Counts, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lowell Kennedy, Ball turret gunner: Warren Hoga, Radio Operator: Chas Kruger, Waist gunner: T.J. Stephens (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Howard Latton,Tail gunner: Floyd Nalley (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hits blew right wing off then exploded, crashed near Tempelfelde, nine miles SW of Eberswalde, NE of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5319.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James Richard Counts

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18159193 / O-757698
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Harry Timothy Dorn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13108563 / O-814266
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Warren Keith Haga

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18194331
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Lowell Dean Kennedy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18191899
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Charles Kruger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32649965
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (GD-B, serial number 42-97214) of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group that has belly-landed.

42-97214

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carolina Queen
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 24 May 1944

Revisions

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Contributorvppelt68
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Master Log

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5319 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database