42-37950 Dinah Might
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 23/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-D] Deopham Green 4/1/44; Missing in Action Braunschweig 10/2/44 with Tom Sharpless, Co-pilot: Clyde Cassill, Bombardier: Gus Fleischbein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Moses, Radio Operator: John Mostellar, Ball turret gunner: Freeman Fischerbroke leg, Waist gunner: Herschel Shaw, Waist gunner: Dave Finnmann,Tail gunner: Les Tiedman (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Lyons (EVD-ret UK via Spain); enemy aircraft, crash landed Noordoostpolder (5 km's south of the future Emmeloord) the Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report 2538. DINAH MIGHT.
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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
- Service Numbers: O-753981
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron 731st Bomb Squadron 91st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736696
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 10 February 1944 |
Revisions
Target not Frankfurt, but Braunschweig, Spelling Noordoostpolder. Not near Leeuwarden (65 km's north). B-17 crash-landed in newly reclaimed uncultivated land (not in Zuiderzee).
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2538 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database