42-97985
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FRE 3842
Ground personnel inspect the wrecked tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-97985) of the 94th Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Dallas 24/4/44; Kearney 2/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-Q] Rougham 28/6/44; mid air coll with 44-8177 (94BG) on assembly 30/11/44, with Owen Winter, Co-pilot: Charles Kennedy, Navigator: Dick Lambert, Bombardier: Dave Berz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carmon Singletary, Radio Operator: Phil Goldfarb, Ball turret gunner: John McCarney, Waist gunner: Reuben Olson, Tail gunner: Elmer Paris (9 Killed in Action); tail snapped off and ship crash landed field near base & burnt out. Salvaged.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768786
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Rougham Airfield, Rougham, Bury Saint Edmunds IP30 9XA, UK | 30 November 1944 |