42-6155

media-37749.jpeg UPL 37749 B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-6155) of the 385th Bomb Group in flight

Per memo to Chief, AAF , Aug '43

Object Number - UPL 37749 - B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-6155) of the 385th Bomb Group in flight

Delivered Long Beach 11/8/43; Cheyenne 15/8/43; 424 Suv Dep Gr Island for Sperry turret (sic) [Bendix] 7/9/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-P] Gt Ashfield 15/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with John Pettenger, Co-pilot: Ernie Bemis, Navigator: Dave Leventhal, Bombardier: Bill Dorney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Lewis, Radio Operator: John Shealey, Ball turret gunner: Dick Clairmont, Waist gunner: Harry Rudbergh, Waist gunner: John Leahy, I Tail gunner: Don Sanborn (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Beumer Farm, Westbevern, eight miles NE of Munster, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 827.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

People

Ernest M Bemis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Richard H Clairmont

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William P Dorney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Claude Leahy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

David S Leventhal

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 October 1943

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words “tail gunner” in the a/c description.

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Contributorphil marchese
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Attached Photo

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Contributorphil marchese
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Memo to Chief, AAF; Aug, 1943

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Contributorphil marchese
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Report to Arnold on Nose Turret deliveries, August, 1943.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 827 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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