43-38187 Carrie B II

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/44; Kearney 14/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-C] Deenethorpe 27/8/44. Hit by Flak. Missing in Action on the 16 February 1945 mission to the Minster-Stein coke oven plant, in the Dortmund area. Pilot Jeff N. Donaldson; Co-Pilot Charles R. Wilson; Navigator William W. Jeffers; Bombardier Richard L. Summers; Top Turret Gunner William O. Streuter; Radio Operator Gerald S. Harsky; Ball Turret Gunner Adelbert D. Shereck; Right Waist Gunner Michael Gagich; Tail Gunner Jack M. Harrington (all 9 made Prisoners of War). Crashed Ijmuiden, Holland, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report : MACR 12246. 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
  • Service Numbers: 19161773 and O-710455
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33683670
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38569129
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17136337
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2072764
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

  • Date: 16 February 1945
  • Date: 15 February 1945
  • Date: 14 February 1945
  • Official Description:
  • Date: 10 February 1945
Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'
  • Date: 9 February 1945

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

IJmuiden, Holland, The Netherlands 16 February 1945

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 12246
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12446 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database