42-38123 To Hell or Glory
Delivered Cheyenne 19/12/43; Gr Island 1/1/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-E] Horham 8/2/44;
With T.M. Bachuzewski force landed Bungay, UK AF 13/4/44;
With W.O. Rottstedt force landed RAF Hurn, Kent 27/4/44;
38 missions, Missing in Action Pas de Calais 23/6/44 with Pilot Dan Mangan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Huff (2 Killed in Action);
Navigator: Herb Cahn, Bombardier: Corry Blount, Waist gunner: Henry Schultz (3 Prisoner of War);
Co-pilot: Harvey Cox, Radio Operator: Dick Ennis, Ball turret gunner: Ray Smith, Waist gunner: Jim Phillips, Tail gunner: Ewell Riddle (5 evaded capture);
Due to mechanical faults, crashed Outer-Lebeke, SW of Aalst, Belgium; Missing Air Crew Report 5915. TO HELL OR GLORY.
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- Date: 27 April 1944
- Date: 25 April 1944
- Date: 24 April 1944
- Date: 13 April 1944
- Date: 12 April 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Bungay, Suffolk, UK | 13 April 1944 | Force landed Bungay, UK AF 13/4/44. Pilot Lt T M Bachuzewski. |
Crashed |
Hurn, Christchurch, Dorset BH23, UK | 27 April 1944 | Force landed RAF Hurn, Kent 27/4/44. Pilot Lt William O Rottstedt. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Outer Lebeke Kerk, 9406 Ninove, Belgium | 23 June 1944 - 23 June 1944 | Missing in Action Pas de Calais 23/6/44. Cause - mechanical faults, crashed Outer-Lebeke, SW of Aalst, Belgium; (2 x KIA, 3 x POW, 5 EVD) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 5915. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Pilot Daniel J. Mangan (KIA) when sn #42-38123 "To Hell or glory" caught fire and crashed near Outer-Lebeke, Belgium.
Corrected place where B-17 42-38123 crashed from Maubeuge, France to Outer, Belgium.
Source: Dirk VIJVERMAN and http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-bemanning-b-17g-42-381…
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5915 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database