42-39816 Vermont Lady
Family information
Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Snetterton 14/10/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/1/44 with Gilford Pierce, Co-pilot: Walt Cookin, Navigator: Murray Bader, Bombardier: Warren Mullins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Heilman, Radio Operator: Francis Driscoll, Ball turret gunner: Olen McCormick, Waist gunner: Edwin Mydlencki,Tail gunner: Jim Brady (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Gerald Norman (POW-picked up by French fishermen but captured when boat entered harbour); enemy aircraft, crashed Bay of Biscay. Missing Air Crew Report 2013.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685922
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15322241
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31140014
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808985
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 5 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2013 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database