43-38812
Added caption and association.
Object Number - Document 30710 - Remembering the Crew of B-17G 43-38812.
Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [U] Glatton 17/10/44;
diverted to RAF Portreath on 19-Dec-44 following a raid on Koblenz, when base socked in. Whilst returning to base 23-Dec-44 and letting down on instruments through the clag, crashed two miles north of Gt Rollright, Oxfordshire, UK (the crash site was actually in Warwickshire) with Cliff Hendrickson, Walter Graves, Co-pilot, Joe Kilmer, Bombardier: Dave Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Bruer, Radio Operator: Bob Reidel, Ball turret gunner: Edmund Fitzgerald, Waist gunner: George Hawley, Tail gunner: Cliff Henrich Waist gunner; (8 Killed in Service) (1 Returned to Duty) Salvaged 26/12/44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14058137
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top turret / Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31366494
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Ball turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14157926 / O-825619
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37635229
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36901428
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Tail gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Missions
- Date: 19 December 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Diverted after raid |
Portreath, Redruth TR16, UK | 19 December 1944 | Diverted to RAF Portreath on 19-Dec-44 following a raid on Koblenz, when base socked in. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Great Rollright, Chipping Norton OX7, UK | 23 December 1944 | Whilst returning to base 23-Dec-44 and letting down on instruments through the clag, crashed two miles north of Gt Rollright, Oxfordshire, UK (the crash site was actually in Warwickshire) 9 x KIS 1 x RTD. |
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Other Salvaged |
Great Rollright, Chipping Norton OX7, UK | 26 December 1944 | |
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Assigned |
Glatton, Huntingdon PE28, UK | Assigned 749BS, 457BG, 8AF. | |
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Manufactured |
Seattle, WA, USA | Built at Boeing. | |
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Delivered |
Washington, USA | Delivered to USAAF. |
Revisions
Correcting place names following contact with organisation attempting to erect a memorial.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15270 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database