42-31549 Jeannie
388th BG - 561st BS
Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 7/12/43; New Castle 16/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 1/1/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Alex Loslo, Co-pilot: Bob Wilson, Navigator: Doug Morrison, Bombardier: Presley Phillips, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Seiter, Radio Operator: Bill Veronica, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Durling, Waist gunner: George Regan, Waist gunner: Archie Jones, Tail gunner: Carmine Spinella (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #4 the caught fire before crew bailed, crashed Stammheim, Friedberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4881. JEANNIE.
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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: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33389045
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32837979
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-799377
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34539001
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809531
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Denver, CO, USA | 21 November 1943 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 1 January 1944 | 388 BG 561 BS |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Stammheim, 70439 Stuttgart, Germany | 12 May 1944 | Shot down by German fighters |