42-29941 Tarfu

media-32701.jpeg UPL 32701 "381st Bomb Group Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, wing their way toward their objective - a vital enemy target in Europe."

Object Number - UPL 32701 - "381st Bomb Group Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, wing their way toward their objective - a vital enemy target in Europe."

Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 26/3/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43 TARFU; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 15/7/43 TS TARFU; Missing in Action 15m Bremen 8/10/43 with Capt Edwin Manchester, Co-pilot: Capt Elton Jukes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim O’Donnell, Radio Operator: Lorenzo Darrington, Ball turret gunner: Art Tucker, Waist gunner: Anthony Budzic (6 Killed in Action), Navigator: Marvin Smith, Bombardier: Keith Moore, Waist gunner: Matthew Berk, Tail gunner: Wade McCook (4 Prisoner of War); flak blew ship in half, crashed Talge, 22 miles N of Osnabruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 884. TS TOO. (TARFU)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13091893
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15320377
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39256438
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791305
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-382247
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 8 October 1943

Revisions

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ContributorkstrykerAK
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Sources

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 21, 293, 303 (According to this source, 42-29941 was not the s/n assigned to Tarfu; 42-29941 is unnamed and is shown as transferred to 381st on 15 Jul 1943. That said, there is a Tarfu discussed on p 21, led by Captain Carroll Joe Bender, but shows 42-29938 and totaled 26 May 1943.)

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

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ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 884 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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