42-6039 Blondie III
Delivered Long Beach 30/6/43; Amarillo 18/7/43; Dallas 9/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 14/10/43; 5m, Missing in Action 29/11/43 with Les Palmer, Co-pilot: Ray Grass, Bombardier: Joe Kolar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Wilbert, Radio Operator: George Holloway, Ball turret gunner: Max Waldo, Waist gunner: Bob Nicholson, Waist gunner: Bob Hare, Tail gunner: Bill Whitcom (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Ralph Guinzberg (Killed in Action); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aumhle Bosel, four miles SE of Friesoythe, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1560.
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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: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12046545 / O-797311
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20616949 / O-676296
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 29 November 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 19 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
- Date: 13 November 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Friesoythe, Germany | 29 November 1943 - 29 November 1943 | Missing in Action 29/11/43. Cause - shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aumhle Bosel, four miles SE of Friesoythe, Germany. (9 x POW, 1 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report 1560. |
Revisions
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945 block examples for F-VE block cited by AAM.
P. MARCHESE; JAN 14, 2022
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1560 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database