42-97344 Carrie B II

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Tinker 4/3/44; Hunter 6/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-P] Deenethorpe 28/4/44; detailed Leipzig 16/8/44 with W. A. Shackleford, Navigator: J. M. Rush, Bombardier: W. M. Scalon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: M. Luchfield, Radio Operator: R. C. Knox, Ball turret gunner: L. C. Kenagy, Waist gunner: S. A. Papzion, Waist gunner: Dick Truxell, Tail gunner: W. W. Moore (9 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: George Shullo (KIA-flak);



Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Max Cain, Co-pilot: Bob Henderson, Navigator: Jim Pettus, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Jameson, Radio Operator: Emil Spencer, Waist gunner: Homer Arbogast, Tail gunner: Dick Truxell (7 Prisoner of War); tog-Don Byers, Ball turret gunner: Bob Barron (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #2, later ship exploded, crashed Dreilingen, NE of Fassberg Afd, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8203. CARRIE B II.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17127220
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39912984
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32088287 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Missions

  • Date: 24 August 1944
  • Date: 18 August 1944
  • Date: 14 August 1944
  • Date: 9 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 24 August 1944

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in two places in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Contributordonaldbyers
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Donald Byers Nephew of Sgt. Donald C. Byers

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8203 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database