42-30173 Gorgeous Hussy : Circe : All American
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Smoky Hill 29/4/43; Tinker 12/5/43; Lincoln 21/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Earls Colne 28/5/43 GORGEOUS HUSSY; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-O] Framlingham 6/6/43 CIRCE; 335BS [OE-O/L] Horham 12/6/43; 20m, Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Jim Pearson, Co-pilot: Ralph Roe, Navigator: Fred Spingler, Bombardier: Arnold Malkin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Orlich, Ball turret gunner: Albt Durham, Waist gunner: Jim Henry (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Ralph Coyle, Waist gunner: Mike Croker, Tail gunner: Jackson Hardeman (3 Killed in Action); caught fire in action over Lingen and crashed Schaferhof, near Leeseringen rail station, four miles S of Nienburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2544. ALL AMERICAN.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18193418
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32626452
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17129073
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34147292
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 10 February 1944
- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 24 January 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
10 February 1944 - 10 February 1944 | Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44. Caught fire in action and dropped out of formation over Lingen and crashed Schaferhof, near Leeseringen rail station, four miles S of Nienburg, Germany. (7 x POW, 3 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR2544. |
Revisions
I have in possession the negative of this formation flight FRE 3898. It was in the collection of my Father Kenneth Woodrow Coleman. Woodie never served in the military. Not sure how he came into possession of a negative of a shot in the Roger Freeman collection. In the negative, the tail number is not legible so some photo work was done to identify the plane.
Robert Coleman
I have in possession the negative of this formation flight FRE 3898. It was in the collection of my Father Kenneth Woodrow Coleman. Woodie never served in the military. Not sure how he came into possession of a negative of a shot in the Roger Freeman collection. In the negative, the tail number is not legible so some photo work was done to identify the plane.
Robert Coleman
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2544 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database