42-102589
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/44; Gr Island 6/4/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 30/4/44; On a local flight 9/7/44 with Doug McArthur, Co-pilot: Stamos Zades, Navigator: George Mille, Bombardier: Chas Meyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Benone Terrano, Radio Operator: Bob Ward (6 Returned to Duty); on landing aircraft struck a parked vehicle, causing so much damage could not be repaired. [? Missing in Action Munich 11/7/44 with ?; flak, crashed Rtrange, Fr; Salvaged 26/2/45?]
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 17 March 1944 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 30 April 1944 | 388 BG 561 BS |
Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Magdeburg, Germany | 28 May 1944 | |
Other Final 388th BG Combat Mission |
78200 Mantes-la-Jolie, France | 8 July 1944 | 22 Combat Missions |
Crashed |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 9 July 1944 | Struck vehicle upon landing after a local flight. Salvaged |
Revisions
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
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