42-30081
From 'Losses of the 8th and 9th AAFs' - confirms date as 12th August 1943, not 1944.
B-17F-20-VE 42-5801 UX:J 92BG,327BS.
P +1 Lt Paul S Casey Jr CP +2 Lt George T Kearin
N +2 Lt Luther H Baker B *S/Sgt Charles A Mayo
TTG *T/Sgt John A Edwards RO +Sgt David B Penley
BTG +S/Sgt Thomas R Perkins LWG +Sgt Joseph Soper (NMI)
RWG +S/Sgt Audrey L Berry TG +Sgt Elmer M Ripley
MACR 0656:- T/O Alconbury, assigned target Gelsenkirchen M/Y but weather forced a change of target to Bochum, Germany. A/c
damaged by fighters over Monchen-Gladbach, Germany. Pilot crash-landed at 1030hrs about one mile north of Philippine, about four and
one half miles west of Terneuzen, Holland. T/Sgt Edwards was killed by 20mm shells in the a/c. The bombardier, S/Sgt Mayo, baled out
too low and was killed. 2 KIA 8 POW.
Delivered Cheyenne 7/4/43; New Castle 29/4/43; Presque Is 3/5/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-O] Alconbury 23/5/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Gene Wiley, Co-pilot: Emitte Wells, Navigator: Bob Broach, Bombardier: Jay Overman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Grover Groff, Radio Operator: Bob Daniels, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Chisholm, Waist gunner: Weldon Phelps, Waist gunner: Jim Lee,Tail gunner: Franklin Grey, obs-Col. Delmar T. Spivey (11 Prisoner of War); flak hit KO’d #1 then #3 caught fire, crash landed Ahaus, NW of Munster, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 655. USS ALIQUIPPA aka KANSAS CITY KILLER.
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Units served with
- 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: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17045584
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 12 August 1943 |