42-31557

media-30766.jpeg UPL 30766 A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" [ 42-31557 ] of the 401st Bomb Group rolls down the runway at an 8th Air Force Base in England after a bombing mission over enemy installations in Europe, 29 April 1944.

Object Number - UPL 30766 - A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" [ 42-31557 ] of the 401st Bomb Group rolls down the runway at an 8th Air Force Base in England after a bombing...

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 5/12/43; Presque Is 20/12/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-R] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Walter Keith, Bombardier: Norman Weiss, Radio Operator: Art Mahler, Waist gunner: Merle Barnes, Tail gunner: Vic D’Agostino (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Maloney, Navigator: Jack Priest, Ball turret gunner: Pete Beckowitz, Waist gunner: Leo Cass (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd #2 and oxygen, crashed five miles S of Wiessenburg, 17 miles NE of Dessau, Ger; MACR 5308.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36151700
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33398614
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
  • Service Numbers: O-748548
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12127848
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32809046
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

18500 E 6th Ave, Aurora, CO 80011, USA 21 November 1943 Delivered Denver AAF 21-Nov-43.

Assigned

Deenethorpe Airfield, Deenethorpe NN17 3AN, UK 21 January 1944 Assigned 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

5 miles Sth Weissenburg in Bayern, Germany 28 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 enemy aircraft KOd #2 and oxygen, crashed five miles S of Wiessenburg, 17 miles NE of Dessau 5 x POW, 4 x KIA. MACR 5308

Manufactured

Seattle, WA, USA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5308 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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