42-97811 Slick Chick

media-41122.jpeg UPL 41122

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Object Number - UPL 41122

Delivered Denver 4/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-N] Deenethorpe 21/5/44; Missing in Action Toulouse 25/6/44 with pilot John Myretrus, Co-pilot: Charles Davis, Tail gunner: Tom Elward, Bombardier: Thyrl Greer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Wyatt, Radio Operator: Malcolm Paine, Ball turret gunner: George McClelland, Waist gunner: Bob Brishin, Waist gunner: Clarry Brown (7 Prisoner of War); tail gunner for this mission only Sgt Douglas F. Brotherton. Aircraft took direct flak hit upon crossing the Normandy beach head, crashed Cahagnes, six miles W of Villers-Bocage, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 6230. SLICK CHICK.

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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 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-813458
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34606852
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Missions

  • Date: 21 June 1944
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Failed to Return (FTR)

France 25 June 1944

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air force records

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Fred Wyatt crew member

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6230 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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