43-37820

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Kearney 7/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [4N-A] Sudbury 28/6/44; 833BS [3R-T]; [75m Missing in Action Brandenburg 10/4/45 with Melvin Thaler, Carl Oestreich, Don Wheeler, Art Greenfield togg), Neal Fielder, Chas Grannis, Wallace Minard, Bob Farrell, Leon Lanier tg, George Philips obs (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ziesar, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13910.



radio call sign: Trappist Tear

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

People

Richard H Douglas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 773315
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
The insignia of the 832nd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group.

W J Douglas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Robert Ernest Farrell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31314985
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert F Fennell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38477894
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Neal Franklin Fielder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16072107
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Missions

669

  • Date: 7 October 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne AAF, WY 26 May 1944 Delivered Cheyenne AAF 26-May-44.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Ziesar, Germany 10 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down near Ziesar 10-Apr-45 10 x POW MACR 13910

Manufactured

Assigned

Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29435098

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Contributorhansvonmaltzahn
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From a personal email sent by the historian/webmaster of the 496th Bomb. Group web page, dated 8th Nov. 2021, and sent to Hans V. von Maltzahn, discussing the B17G bomber, #43-37820, and how Trappist Tear is not a nickname, but a call sign based on the explanation above. hv

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Contributorhansvonmaltzahn
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See Flight Captain Whitney's Crew & Mission sheet at the official 486th Bomb. Group web page at this address:
https://486th.org/BS832/Whitney.htm

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29435098

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Contributorgfeindel
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logbook David B Roper, 833rd bomb Squadron, mission to Brest , France, Sept 3rd 1944

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Contributorgfeindel
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486th bomb group web site.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13910 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database