43-37972 Tin Lizzy / Ula Lume

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 22/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-F] Thorpe Abbotts 8/7/44 TIN LIZZY; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-J] Sudbury 9/7/44; {17m} Missing in Action Munster 5/10/44 with Dean Coy, Co-pilot: Martin Haemmerle, Navigator: Burton Colan, Bombardier: Bob Coyle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Brown, Radio Operator: Merrill McDonald, Ball turret gunner: Howard Grant, Waist gunner: Adam Klosowski, Tail gunner: Alvin Birkelbach (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Zutphen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 9528. ULA LUME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Alvin T Birkelbach

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Howard R Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38420509
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Burton Colan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 723506
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Dean F Coy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 820432
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert J Coyle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 708070
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Hollland 5 October 1944

Revisions

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Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability

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Added an association to “Sudbury Airfield” per info listed A/C description section.

Added associations to the 349BS & 100BG as listed in the A/C description.

 

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

 

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9528 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database