42-29740 Tondelayo

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43 - original group ship with 95th BG; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-R] RAF Alconbury; force landed Alconbury after sustaining NBD with Don Eastling 19/5/43; transferred to 337BS/96BG [AW-G] Grafton Underwood 23/6/43; transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-P] Bassingbourn 12/9/43; 5 missions with 91BG Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Morris Gutto, Navigator: Edgar Richardson, Bombardier: Alva Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Crain, Waist gunner: Merle Hilgert (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Chas Loeber, Radio Operator: Herschel Kelley, Ball turret gunner: John Delaney, Waist gunner: John Bird, Tail gunner: Chas Alishouse (5 Killed in Action); hit by enemy aircraft rocket attacks, crashed Dorpumfeld, near Tolk, 17 miles W of Flensburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 896. TONDELAYO.

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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 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31012937 / O-676529
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13089935
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12011908
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20811758
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31139615
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

722, 6207 Missile Dr, Cheyenne, WY 82005, USA 11 February 1943 Delivered Cheyenne AAF 11-Feb-43.

Crashed

Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 19 May 1943 Force landed Alconbury after sustaining NBD with pilot Don Eastling 19/5/43.

Assigned

Grafton Underwood, Kettering NN14 3AA, UK 23 June 1943 Transferred to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned

Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Royston SG8, UK 12 September 1943 Transferred 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Dörpumfeld, 25821 Bordelum, Germany 9 October 1943 - 9 October 1943 Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43. Hit by enemy aircraft rocket attacks, crashed Dorpumfeld, near Tolk, 17 miles W of Flensburg, Germany. (5 x POW, 5 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR896.

Manufactured

Seattle, WA, USA Built at Boeing.

Assigned

Royal Air Force, Alconbury, Huntingdon PE28 4DA, UK Assigned 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorkstrykerAK
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Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey D Ward. Second Edition with Errata and Supplemental Information. Taylor Publishing. 1996. page 293

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Contributorterveurn
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corrected entry using load-out from 95th BG as well as Lockheed Maintenance records

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 896 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database