42-29477 Little Audrey aka Joan of Arc
My grandfather flew this plane on 10 missions. I have all of his official mission reports.
Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/43; Salina 11/1/43; Morrison 5/2/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-H] Thurleigh 17/4/43 LITTLE AUDREY;
Transferred 358BS/303BG [VK-B] Molesworth 25/9/43; 4m Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Roy Sanders, Co-pilot: Henry Nogash, Navigator: Gordon Wood, Bombardier: Philip Peed, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Rozek, Radio Operator: Jim Trest, Ball turret gunner: Mathias Kremer, Waist gunner: Riker Smith, foto-Wallace Martin (9 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Martin Carll, Tail gunner: Alf Cockrun (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft struck with Me rocket, crashed Bamberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 907. JOAN OF ARC.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 306th Bomb Group 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (1st Combat Bomb Wing)
- Service Numbers: 18052358 / O-441827
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36229743
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661626
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37313095
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
3 January 1943 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF. | |
Assigned |
17 April 1943 | Assigned 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Assigned |
25 September 1943 | Transferred 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Crashed |
14 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt. Hit by rocket from a Me 210 fighter knocking off elevator and rudder. It went down with a fire between the #3 and #4 engines and crashed near Bamburg, Germany. 9 x POW, 2 x KIA. MACR 907. 14-Oct-43. | |
Manufactured |
Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
Added "aka" in the "nickname" field as a separator to aid readability.
My grandfather flew this plane on 10 missions. I have all of his official mission reports.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 907 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database