42-29536 MARY RUTH - Memories of Mobile

B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (serial number 42-29536) nicknamed "Mary Ruth" of the 91st Bomb Group in flight. Written on slide casing: '91 BG.' media-388022.jpg FRE 5722 B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (serial number 42-29536) nicknamed "Mary Ruth" of the 91st Bomb Group in flight. Written on slide casing: '91 BG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5722 - B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (serial number 42-29536) nicknamed "Mary Ruth" of the 91st Bomb Group in flight. Written on slide casing: '91 BG.'

Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Salina 11/1/43; Brookley 8/3/43; Morrison 25/3/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action 7m Hüls 22 June 1943 with Kenneth L. Brown, Co-pilot: James H. Quenin, Navigator: Vincent J. Bliley, Bombardier: James P. Feerick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: James O. Akers, Ball turret gunner: Henry M. Crain, Waist gunner: William R. Brown,Tail gunner: Raymond Litzo (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Richard O. Maculley, Waist gunner: William G. Allen (2 Killed in Action); severe fighter attacks, crashed near Furstenburg, five miles N of Dorsten, Germany. MARY RUTH - MEMORIES OF MOBILE. No known MACR - Missing Air Crew Report.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14104154
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Missions

Aircraft

42-5789
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: 'Golden Bear'
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Chapters from John Steinbeck's "Once There Was A War" about the plane and crew (dispatches from England)

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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