42-107204 Stand By aka Goin' My Way
Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 2/4/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-B] Horham 22/4/44 STAND BY; 335BS [OE-B]; with W.C. Shaw force landed Thorpe Abbotts afb 16/12/44; 87m, battle damaged Leipzig 6/4/45 with Bob Davis, Co-pilot: Larry Morgan, Navigator: John Coalson, Bombardier: Fred Gunnard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Archie Stice, Radio Operator: Albt Fascenelli, Ball turret gunner: Dale Kennedy, Waist gunner: Bill Ballou, Tail gunner: Jake Brooks (9 Killed in Action); crashed Foret de Solgars, south of Brussels, Belgium; Missing Air Crew Report ?; Salvaged 8/4/45; GOIN' MY WAY.
Flown by the Judy crew to Ruhland on the 17th of March 1945
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693852
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32088088
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-462922
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Base Engineering Officer (S-4)
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
16 December 1944 | Force landed Thorpe Abbotts AFB 16/12/44. Pilot Lt William C Shaw. | |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
6 April 1945 - 6 April 1945 | Battle damaged Leipzig 6/4/45. Crashed Foret de Solgars, south of Brussels, Belgium; Missing Air Crew ? (9 x KIA). |
Revisions
Updated the A/C nickname per listing in the A/C “Description” section.
Mission to Zeitz, Germany. First flight back for Navigator Jack Noe following 3 Mar mission which resulted in loss of Paisano. Lt Manuel Rey pilot.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15598 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database