42-31968 Miss Irish

media-49821.jpeg UPL 49821 B-17G-BO 42-31968 MISS IRISH

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Phil Marchese May, 14, 2021

Object Number - UPL 49821 - B-17G-BO 42-31968 MISS IRISH

Delivered Cheyenne 11/1/44; Savannah 21/1/44; Morrison 2/2/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-D] Thorpe Abbotts 3/2/44. Battle-damaged by Flak South of Calais, France on the 19 March 1944 mission to Mimoyecques, France. 19/3/44 with Pilot John P. Gibbons, Co-pilot: Robert Dykeman, Navigator: Everett M. Johnson, Bombardier: Sterling B. Blakeman, Flight engineer/Top Turret gunner: Ira L. Arnold, Ball Turret gunner: Bernard L. Spragg, Right Waist gunner Myron J. Ettus, Left Waist gunner: Frank W. Buschmeier (9 Returned to Duty). Radio Operator: Ed Walker (Killed in Action, hit by 88mm shell in radio room). The Fortress limped home and crash landed at Raydon A/fd, Suffolk. UK. Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 15220. MISS IRISH.

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Myron "Ty" Ettus

Myron Jerome Ettus

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12127423
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
A battle damaged waist gun position on a B-17 Flying Fortress.

John Phillip Gibbons

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803182
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Squadron Commander
A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress. In the back row from left to right: Technical Sergeant Geo Goetz, Top-Turret gunner; Technical Sergeant Bob Woherty, Radio Operator; Staff Sergeant Luigi Iacovello, left waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Roy Johnson, Ball Turret operator; Staff Sergeant Everett Johnson, right waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Charles A Haywood, Tail Gunner. In the front row left to right: First Lieutenant Paul Herring, Pilot; Flight Officer Ch

Everett Max Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-691761
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Bernard Lefler Spragg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33301833
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Edward Walker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19114608
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

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MACR 15220

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Michael P. Faley-100th Bomb Group Historian-www.100thbg.com

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15220 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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