42-29499 Mama Chung's Bastard
Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/42; Salina 9/1/43; Morrison 12/2/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-Q] Chelveston 7/3/43;
Missing in Action Hamburg 25/6/43 with Larry Wilcox, Co-pilot: Nelson Miketta, Navigator: Joe Brooks, Bombardier: Stan Schreffler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wade Swink, Radio Operator: Truman Talledge, Ball turret gunner: Chas Overheim, Waist gunner: Alex Dewoina, Waist gunner: Bob Welch,Tail gunner: Joe Roche (9 Prisoner of War); photo-Chas Grigsby (KIA-possible chute failure);
Cause: enemy aircraft, ditched off Zuiderveen, Oude Rekela, Hol.
No MACR.
MA MA CHANG.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37448637
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33164984
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16027630
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
25 June 1943 |
Revisions
The source is a photo of Joseph Roche crew, including Pilot Hal Walker, which was taken in under the nose of the aircraft, "Mama Chung's Bastard". The plane was named for a female doctor in San Francisco who was of Asian heritage.