42-107061 Peg O My Heart
Delivered Tulsa 9/2/44; Gr Island 18/2/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 13/3/44; Missing in Action Laon 8/5/44 with Searl Pickett, Co-pilot: Bob Roan, Navigator: Bob Shields, Bombardier: Mervin Jacobs, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Abar (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Harry Woods, Ball turret gunner: Warren McLaughlin, Waist gunner: Ed Hoffpauir, Waist gunner: John Hollish, Tail gunner: Bill Hege (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed on Bremen road 15 miles E of Hoya, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4581. PEG OF MY HEART.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733513
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33435939
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38266769
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33439055
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Tulsa, OK, USA | 9 February 1944 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 13 March 1944 | 388 BG 561 BS |
Other First 388th BG Mission |
Berlin, Germany | 18 April 1944 | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
near Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Shot down by German Fighters |
Revisions
Added a space before the words “tail gunner” in the a/c description.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4581 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database