UPL 6763
IMAGEA crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-C, serial number 42-38183) nicknamed "The Lost Angel" 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 10/2/44; then 524BS [WA-G] ; flak battle damaged, crash landed after bombing Magdeburg Germany 28/9/44. Flack came through the windshield and glass got into the eyes of Pilot: Stan Bailey, Co-pilot: Sumner Alpert flew the plane back with 2 engines out on one wing to Kimbolton, received the DFC, Navigator: Jim Rung, Bombardier: Bill Coles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Plough, Radio Operator: Harry Gates, Ball turret gunner: John Ingram, Waist gunner: Frank Culfe (8 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: Phil Maniaci (Prisoner of War); Missing Air Crew Report 9363; repaired & sal re-ass 482BG, then 384BG 1/6/45. THE LOST ANGEL.
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Units
- 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: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-767963
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819184
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36688530
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15071352 / O-693463
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lost Angel
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
MACR 9363
(Lt Ed Lutz has been incorrectly attributed as being the pilot on
42-38183, nicknamed "The Lost Angel" 525BS/379BG on Sept 28 1944)