41-24557 Damn Yankee
Ammended spelling of names, people associations and aircraft, based on information at https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5229
Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-T] Denver 12/8/42; Thurleigh 18/11/42; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-O] Grafton Underwood 22/8/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Bruce Sundlun (evaded capture), Bombardier: George Hayes, Ball turret gunner: Harry Cologne, Waist gunner: Mike Cappelletti, Waist gunner: Chester Snyder, Tail gunner: Frank Lekas (5 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Andy Boles, Navigator: Reino Jylkka, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Ramsey, Radio operator: Charles Snyder (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Snellengem, six miles S of Bruges, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 1334. DAMN YANKEE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 11062987 / O-797681
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39190019
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35586469
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34302617
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20156976 / O-735874
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
- Date: 3 November 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Assigned |
Denver, CO, USA | 12 August 1942 - 18 November 1942 | 306th Bomb Group, 423rd Bomb Squadron |
Transferred |
Thurleigh, Bedford, England, UK | 18 November 1942 - 22 August 1943 | Moved to England, Thurleigh |
Transferred |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK | 22 August 1943 - 1 December 1943 | 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron |
Crashed |
Bruges, Belgium | 1 December 1943 - 1 December 1943 | MIA on mission to Leverkusen. Shot down by enemy aircraft. MACR 1334 |
Revisions
Corrected name of radio operator: https://www.fold3.com/image/28691399
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My 68th Anniversary Tribute to B17-F Damn Yankee
Started by Johan Willaert , Dec 01 2011 01:27 AM
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