42-29536 MARY RUTH - Memories of Mobile
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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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief