42-97342 Struggle Buggy
Front, from left to right : Navigator Lloyd G. Olson; Pilot Jack B. Kirk; Co-Pilot John G. Beck; Bombardier Will L. Utterback (not on board 42-97342 on the fatal 21 February 1945 mission)
Top row, from left to right : Nose Turret Gunner Oliver B. Hawthorn; Waist Gunner Harold B. Thompson; Tail Gunner Robert L. Kipp; Radio Operator Charles L. Stribl; Waist Gunner George Barlow (not on the 21/4/45 mission); Top Turret Gunner Alma H. Glick
(Photo courtesy of the Glick and Kipp families)
Added crew photo
Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Hunter 4/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-H] Rougham 9/4/44; Missing in Action Ingolstadt 21/4/45 with Pilot Jack B. Kirk (Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: John G. Beck; Navigator: Lloyd G. Olson; Bombardier: Oliver B. Hawthorn; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alma H. Glick; Radio Operator: Charles L. Stribl; (no ball turret gunner on board at this time in the war); Waist gunner: Harold B. Thompson; Tail gunner: Robert L. Kipp (7 Killed in Action); hit by prop wash, crashed in a forest near Sulzbach, north of Saarbrücken, Germany. Last 94BG aircraft loss. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 14167. STRUGGLE BUGGY.
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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: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2076350
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19092418
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39050311
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-836129
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Missions
- Date: 21 April 1945
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 21 April 1945 |
Revisions
MACR 14167
Corrected Navigator's name : Olson instead of Nelson
Corrected RO's name : Stribl instead of Stribi
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 14167 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database