42-31369 Round Tripper
401st BG - 614th BS
Deenethorpe 401st Bomb Group collection
Object Number - UPL 37612 - B-17G-15-BO #42-31369 "Round Tripper" Code: IW-K 401st BG - 614th BS Deenethorpe
Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Romulus 25/11/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-K] Deenethorpe 14/1/44; Missing in Action Brandenburg 6/8/44 with John Sauerwald, Co-pilot: John Zimmerman, Navigator: Forrest Holmstrom, Bombardier: Cletus Meyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Dautrich, Radio Operator: Buford Saville, Ball turret gunner: Warren Spence, Waist gunner: Paul Pamilla,Tail gunner: Rob Ruiz (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crew bailed and captured at Warnemunde, Ger. aircraft crashed in Baltic Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 7887. ROUND TRIPPER.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06966455
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14182638
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17129375
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Cheyenne, Wyoming | 26 October 1943 | |
|
Assigned |
Deenethorpe Airfield, UK | 14 January 1944 | 401 BG 614 BS IW-K |
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
North Sea of the coast of Warnemunde, Germany | 6 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7887 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
