42-29877 Speed Ball

media-31916.jpeg UPL 31916 Screencap from History Channel's To Hell and Back: The 351st Bomb Group.

Object Number - UPL 31916 - Screencap from History Channel's To Hell and Back: The 351st Bomb Group.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/3/43; Pueblo 14/3/43; Presque Is 10/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-X] Polebrook 16/4/43; Missing in Action 24m Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Albert E. Jones, Navigator: Alfred L. Dearborn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: David H. Van Dyke, Radio Operator: William J. Brennan, Ball turret gunner: Carl Q. Bekken, Waist gunner: Casimir Palvic, Waist gunner: Michael T. Morey,Tail gunner: Raymond F. Brittner (8KIA-most through exposure); Co-pilot: Kenneth L. Vaughn, Bombardier: Charles A. Bronako (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched off Guernsey, Channel Is. Missing Air Crew Report 1982. SPEED BALL.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

10 miles North of Guernesey 31 December 1943 Ditched in the Channel, 10 miles North of Guernesey

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

Corrected place of loss (not Belgium !...) and completed names of crew

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1982 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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