42-30050 Judy E
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Hamilton 28/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 13/5/43; Wendover 17/2/43; Kearney 21/5/43; Dow Fd 27/2/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts 29/5/43; Missing in Action Le Bourget airfield 10 July 1943 with Charles L. Duncan, pilot; Navigator: Oliver M. Chiesl; Bombardier: William H. Forbes; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernest De Los Santos; Radio Operator: Edmund A. Oliver; Ball turret gunner: Bernard L. Hanover; Waist gunner: Gene F. Frank; Tail gunner: William D. Whitley (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Archibald L. Robertson; Waist gunner: Parrish Reynolds (after escaping from POW camp) (2 evaded capture); flak hit #1 engine; attacked by Fw190s, crashed near Sainte-Colombe, 7km SSE of Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, Seine Maritime, France. Missing Air Crew Report 268. JUDY E.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16058854 at enlistment, then O-731267
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18063077
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11033723 at enlistment, then O-791081
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 00026405 at enlistment, then O-727093
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37292132
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Assistant Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 10 July 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 10 July 1943 | Shot down by Fw190s over NW France |
Revisions
MACR 278
Research on the evasion of Co-Pilot Archibald Robertson (evader - E&E 116) - see http://www.evasioncomete.org/frobertal.html
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 268 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database