42-29630 Piccadilly Commando
Courtesy of Bruce Begin, relative
Object Number - UPL 82937 - Crew of the Piccadilly Commando
Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-S] Polebrook 27/5/43; then 509BS [RQ-S]; Missing in Action 30m Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Willis Smith, Co-pilot: Harlan Bixby, Navigator: Dick Speers, Bombardier: Bill White, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Norris, Radio Operator: Stephen Bodnar, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Begin, Waist gunner: Carl Lindblad, Waist gunner: Norman St Peter, Tail gunner: Chas Knothe, pass-Sgt Alton Walker [511BS] (11 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, ditched off Guernsey, Channel Is, Missing Air Crew Report 1985. PICCADILLY COMMANDO.
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- Date: 4 July 1943
- Date: 25 June 1943
- Date: 22 June 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
31 December 1943 |
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1985 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database