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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 19 May 1943
- Date: 14 May 1943
- Date: 13 May 1943
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
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
corrected entry using load-out from 95th BG as well as Lockheed Maintenance records
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 896 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database