42-30204 Gremlin's Buggy

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/43; Gore 6/5/43; Gt Falls 8/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 17/6/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX-H] Gt Ashfield 6/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Dick Yoder, Co-pilot: Bob Payne, Navigator: Mort Breslau, Bombardier: Bill Hart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Kingdon (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Theo Schatz, Ball turret gunner: Bob Nixon, Waist gunner: Ed Staman, Waist gunner: Forrest Mengenhardt,Tail gunner: Roy Saye (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Fesenfeld, four miles W of Syke, S of Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1581. GREMLIN'S BUGGY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 November 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorhermanns
Changes
Sources

385th BG website

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1581 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database