42-31540 Miss Donna Mae

media-27370.jpeg UPL 27370 "B-17 Flying Fortress 'Miss Donna Mae II' downed by friendly bombs" - Bombs falling from B-17G 42-97791"Trudy" fall onto the port stabiliser of B-17G 42-31540 'Miss Donna Mae II' , causing the loss of 'Miss Donna Mae II' and her 11 crew. 19-May-44.

Object Number - UPL 27370 - "B-17 Flying Fortress 'Miss Donna Mae II' downed by friendly bombs" - Bombs falling from B-17G 42-97791"Trudy" fall onto the port stabiliser of B-17G...

Delivered Cheyenne 16/11/43; Kearney 3/12/43; Cleveland 9/12/43; Syracuse 11/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Prestwick 19/12/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-A] Rougham 20/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 19/5/44 with Marion Reid, Co-pilot: Lew Carter, Navigator: Roger Tessier, Bombardier: Stan Duffield, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lee Kieffer, Radio Operator: John Boone, Ball turret gunner: Ludwig Huth, Waist gunner: Jim Kalahar, Waist gunner: Dick Brennan, Tail gunner: Willard Christensen, obs-T/Sgt John Davis (11 Killed in Action); hit by bombs from #42-97791 (94BG) above knocking off left rudder, then wing broke off as it spun to earth, crashed Oderbergerstrasse, Berlin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4946. MISS DONNA MAE.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Henry Arnold
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14181905
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15337342
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39117715
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35255817
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ground crew
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13070428 / O-755279
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Missions

Aircraft

A batle damaged B-17G Flying Fortress (XM-O, serial number 42-97791) of the 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). Official caption on image: "ISAD 27 June 1944. 1660 (WPU, Battle Damage, B-17G. 42-97791, Rougham) FA." Handwritten caption on reverse: '94th Bomb Group, 4th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Div.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Trudy
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Bldg 722, 6207 Missile Dr, Cheyenne, WY 82005, USA 16 November 1943 Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds, UK 20 December 1943 Assigned to 331BS, 94BG, 8AF.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Oderberger Str. 57, 10435 Berlin, Germany 19 May 1944 Missing in Action Berlin 19/5/44 hit by bombs from 42-97791 (94BG) above knocking off left rudder, then wing broke off as it spun to earth, crashed Oderbergerstrasse, Berlin. 11 KIA. Missing Air Crew Report 4946

Manufactured

Seattle, WA, USA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.

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B-17 s/n database

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4946 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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