42-31230 Little Jean
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 20/10/43; Memphis 26/10/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-A1] Bassingbourn 22/12/43; Missing in Action 3+m Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Allen Uskela, Radio Operator: Eric Braga, Ball turret gunner: Bill Keib, Waist gunner: Marvin Pearl, Waist gunner: Franklin Buck,Tail gunner: Bert Pearson (6 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Gilbert Heims, Navigator: George Potter, Bombardier: Bob Morgan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bernard Offley (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attack blew hole in wing between #1 & #2, further attacks riddled cockpit then crashed Schoepenstedt, 12 miles SW of Helmstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1916. LITTLE JEAN.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11998825
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33267016
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner, waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752062
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-682499
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1916 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database