42-39828 Penny Ante

media-54736.jpeg UPL 54736 42-39828 was assigned to the 524th BS of the the 379th BG in November 1943 and flew 47 accredited air combat missions for the group before going MIA on the 24th of May 1944 with the Lt Kunda Crew on board MACR - 5320 3KIA and 6POW's.
Col Herschel Streit Crew and some of the Ground Crew are pictured here with 42-39828 "Penny Ante"
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Leo A Chruby, Col Herschel Streit, Lt Jesse R Pitts, Lt Robert J Marcott, Lt Lawrence Kundin, Sgt Raymond W Finicle, Sgt James E Williams, Sgt John E Snell.

Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Mike R Boyovich, Unkn, Unkn, Sgt Lopez, Sgt Stanley Robert Owens.

NARA; Veterans Personal memories and photos; 379th BG Anthology

Object Number - UPL 54736 - 42-39828 was assigned to the 524th BS of the the 379th BG in November 1943 and flew 47 accredited air combat missions for the group before going MIA...

Delivered Long Beach 12/9/43; Gr Island 1/10/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-B] Kimbolton 19/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Theo Kunda, Co-pilot: Bob Burton, Navigator: Marvin Swift, Bombardier: Howard Evans, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Pook, Ball turret gunner: Tony Tomaselli (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Leon Flatt, Waist gunner: George Taylor,Tail gunner: Russell Vinson (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed on farm at Finow, eight miles SW of Eberswalde, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5320.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19017535
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 820953
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35568069
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35650353
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13081881 / O-809547
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 24 May 1944

Revisions

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Sources

THE FLYING FORTRESS STORY

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5320 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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