42-29963 Judy

media-36517.png UPL 36517 B-17 42-29963 "Judy" and crew, 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron.

Object Number - UPL 36517 - B-17 42-29963 "Judy" and crew, 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/43; Walla Walla 28/3/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Dow Fd 30/4/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-I] Kimbolton 11/6/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Pilot Glenn E. Camp Jr (EVD-POW); Navigator: Jarvis H. Cooper (EVD-POW); Co-pilot: Joseph F. Fitzgerald (KIA); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Richard R. Giersch (KIA); Ball turret gunner: Marcus C. Pierce (KIA); Tail gunner: Robert E. Cross (KIA); Bombardier: Edward J. Donaldson (EVD); Radio Operator: Milton J. Mills Jr (EVD); Left Waist gunner: Neelan B. Parker (EVD), Right Waist gunner: Douglas J. Farr (EVD); flak and enemy fighters, crashed between Ully-Saint-Georges and La Chapelle-Saint-Pierre, Oise, France. Missing Air Crew Report 1977. JUDY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802105
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12054263 and O-687814
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-682084
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18041327
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Ully-Saint-Georges, France 30 December 1943 Shot down by Flak and German fighters. Crashed between Ully-Saint-Georges and La Chapelle Saint-Pierre (Oise), France.

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records database
NARA WWII POW database
MACR 1977.
Research for www.evasioncomete.org on Jarvis Cooper's evasion and arrest.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1977 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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