William L Bice

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).' media-413576.jpg FRE 4892 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4892 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse:...

Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97372, BOOBY TRAP. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR #4349.



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The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).'

Robert Vernon Atkinson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34705188
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).'

Robert Earl Congdon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17143044
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
German soldiers and civillians inspect a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) nicknamed "Booby Trap" that has crashed near Füssen. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G 384BG. Hinter Kaeine, Füssen. 24.4.44.' Second handwritten caption: 'Heur Radinger.' Third handwritten caption: 24/4/44 Nr Füssen by fighters.'

Ralph Bernard Haley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38076726 / O-751732
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down at Füssen, 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse, in German: 'B-17G, 384 B.G., hinter Kaserne Füssen. 24.4.44. 2. Herr Radinger.' (Translation: 'Behind Füssen barracks.')

Leslie Hall Jackson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13105180
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Luther Irwin Kelley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37344959
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).'

42-97372

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Booby Trap
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Missions

315

  • Date: 24 April 1944

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Assigned

16 April 1944 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, as crew pilot. One combat mission.

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 April 1944 POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4349 / MACR 4349, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

William L Bice: Gallery (3 items)

German soldiers and civillians inspect a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) nicknamed "Booby Trap" that has crashed near Füssen. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G 384BG. Hinter Kaeine, Füssen. 24.4.44.' Second handwritten caption: 'Heur Radinger.' Third handwritten caption: 24/4/44 Nr Füssen by fighters.'

Object number: FRE 1287 - German soldiers and civillians inspect a B-17...

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).'

Object number: FRE 4892 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of...

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down at Füssen, 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse, in German: 'B-17G, 384 B.G., hinter Kaserne Füssen. 24.4.44. 2. Herr Radinger.' (Translation: 'Behind Füssen barracks.')

Object number: FRE 4894 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of...