42-37950 Dinah Might

Dutch soldiers examine a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah-Mite" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'FOTO: Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerpolders.' [stamp] (Dutch regional archive?) Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dinah Mite 452 2/44 Holland.' media-380655.jpg FRE 1849 Dutch soldiers examine a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah-Mite" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'FOTO: Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerpolders.' [stamp] (Dutch regional archive?) Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dinah Mite 452 2/44 Holland.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1849 - Dutch soldiers examine a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah-Mite" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Image stamped on...

Delivered Denver 23/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-D] Deopham Green 4/1/44; Missing in Action Braunschweig 10/2/44 with Tom Sharpless, Co-pilot: Clyde Cassill, Bombardier: Gus Fleischbein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Moses, Radio Operator: John Mostellar, Ball turret gunner: Freeman Fischerbroke leg, Waist gunner: Herschel Shaw, Waist gunner: Dave Finnmann,Tail gunner: Les Tiedman (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Lyons (EVD-ret UK via Spain); enemy aircraft, crash landed Noordoostpolder (5 km's south of the future Emmeloord) the Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report 2538. DINAH MIGHT.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clyde V Cassill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-753981
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

David Finnmann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Freeman W Fisker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

August Julius Fleischbein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron 731st Bomb Squadron 91st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736696
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator

John J Lyons

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 10 February 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorCeesSteijger
Changes
Sources

Nickname of plane incorrect: must be DINAH MIGHT.

Date
ContributorCeesSteijger
Changes
Sources

Target not Frankfurt, but Braunschweig, Spelling Noordoostpolder. Not near Leeuwarden (65 km's north). B-17 crash-landed in newly reclaimed uncultivated land (not in Zuiderzee).

Date
ContributorPete
Changes
Sources

452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2538 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-37950: Gallery (5 items)

A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '452BG.'

Object number: FRE 10920 - A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42...

The wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '452BG.'

Object number: FRE 10921 - The wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number...

The tail section of a crashed 452nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dinah Might, 452BG.' On reverse: Dutch 'Rijksdienst Voor De Ijsselmeerpolders' Copyright [Stamp].

Object number: FRE 10922 - The tail section of a crashed 452nd Bomb Group B...

The remains of a crashed 452nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah Might". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dinah Might, 452BG.' On reverse: Dutch 'Rijksdienst Voor De Ijsselmeerpolders' Copyright [Stamp].

Object number: FRE 10923 - The remains of a crashed 452nd Bomb Group B-17...

Dutch soldiers examine a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah-Mite" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'FOTO: Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerpolders.' [stamp] (Dutch regional archive?) Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dinah Mite 452 2/44 Holland.'

Object number: FRE 1849 - Dutch soldiers examine a crashed B-17 Flying...