42-31427
Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43.
Assigned 305BG Chelveston 21/12/43.
Missing in Action Stettin (Bornholm) 11/4/44 with the following 10 crew taken POW:
1Lt Calvin Vance, Pilot:
1Lt John Raedeke, Co-pilot:
1Lt Bob Miller, Navigator:
2Lt Normand Blum, Bombardier:
S/Sgt Marvin Hulsey, Radio Operator:
T/Sgt Larry Bernier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner:
S/Sgt Troy Little, Ball turret gunner:
S/Sgt Bob Bain, Waist gunner:
S/Sgt Clive Bishop, Waist gunner:
S/Sgt Bob Ostrander, Tail gunner:
Enemy aircraft KO'd #. Gas tanks leaking, force landed Teja, on Bornholm Is, in Baltic on way to Sweden.
Missing Air Crew Report MACR 4010.
See a detailed story at http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944050.shtml
Connections
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13084838
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36529312
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15382845
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16082208 / O-746556
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39272490
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 11 April 1944
- Date: 6 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Cheyenne AAF, WY | 2 November 1943 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 2-Nov-43. |
Assigned |
Chelveston, UK | 21 December 1943 | Assigned 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Crashed |
Near Bornholm Island. | 11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Stettin (Bornholm) 11-Apr-44; Gas tanks leaking, force landed Teja, on Bornholm Is, in Baltic on way to Sweden. MACR 4010. See detail of event at : http://www.airmen.dk/p297.htm |
Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Buit at Boeing. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Associated mission from details from :
http://www.airmen.dk
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database