42-5260 Yardbird II
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Delivered Denver 26/10/42; Salina 15/12/42.
Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-A] Molesworth 29/1/43; 43m.
Missing in Action Emden 2/10/43 with all crew killed :
- Pilot, Paul Tippet;
- Co-pilot, Llewellyn Nemitz;
- Navigator, Edwin Mims;
- Bombardier, Bernie Rice;
- Flight engineer/top turret gunner, Oaks Smith;
- Radio Operator, Tom Richardson;
- Ball turret gunner: Abe Rasch;
- Waist gunner, Hugh Gibney;
- Waist gunner, Bill Greason;
- Tail gunner, Jack Randall;
- Photographer, Carney Rhodes.
Enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea.
Missing Air Crew Report 738.
YARDBIRD II.
See more at http://www.303rdbg.com/360tippet.html
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-726974
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735486
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15068650
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 7071292
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-430994
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 2 October 1943
- Date: 14 May 1943
- Date: 1 May 1943
- Date: 17 April 1943
- Date: 16 April 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
2 October 1943 |
Revisions
Update to location and biography from http://www.303rdbg.com/360tippet.html
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 738 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database