Lawrence J Potenza

Military

Crash landed at Kent 22 June 1943 in B-17 #423226 'Little Chuck' with no injuries to crew.

Bombardier, Butler crew. Member of the Jobe crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Squadron Bombardier. Landed with Lt Butler and 2 others after the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. Lt Brown accidentally deployed his parachute inside of the aircraft and became trapped. The 6 others bailed out.

The 533rd BS War Diary has the men who bailed out as landing near the airfield at West Malling in Kent then returning to duty. The 242nd Medical Detachment War Diary lists them as POW's.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

John K Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-674540
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Haden T Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-769351
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William D Butler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742958
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Kinley W Lindsey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11050999
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

Wayne L Maloney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17074913
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-29755

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: LITTLE CEASAR, Gremlins Delite, Last Straw
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 August 1983

Born

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Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 159 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia