42-30114 Spare Parts

media-19512.jpeg UPL 19512 Nose art of Flying Fortress B-17F 42-30114 'Spare Parts' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 19512 - Nose art of Flying Fortress B-17F 42-30114 'Spare Parts' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Presque Is 3/5/43,

Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 8/5/43.

Transferred 95BG Alconbury.

With Don Merten crash landed base 28/5/43.

MU 19/8/43 for repair.

Transferred RCM 335BS/95BG [BG-L] Horham 13/9/43.



Missing in Action Duren 20/10/43 with Kenneth B. Rongstad, Co-pilot: Warren M. Strawn, Navigator: Richard E. Diete, Bombardier: Joseph F. Spicer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: A.R. Eckert, Radio Operator: Gordon V. Sorensen, Ball turret gunner: A.L. Godek, Waist gunner: Charles E. Phinney, Waist gunner: Julius W. Torok,Tail gunner: Louis M. Mirabel (10 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea; all rescued.

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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 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16058262 and O-738966
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32291509
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 28 May 1943 Crash landed base 28/5/43. Pilot Lt Donald H Merten.

Crashed

North Sea 20 October 1943 Missing in Action Duren 20/10/43. Cause - enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea; all rescued. (10 x RTD).

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

FREEMAN's "The Mighty Eight War Diary"
Radio Operator was Sorensen, not Sorenson.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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