42-31557
Object Number - UPL 30766 - A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" [ 42-31557 ] of the 401st Bomb Group rolls down the runway at an 8th Air Force Base in England after a bombing...
Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 5/12/43; Presque Is 20/12/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-R] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Walter Keith, Bombardier: Norman Weiss, Radio Operator: Art Mahler, Waist gunner: Merle Barnes, Tail gunner: Vic D’Agostino (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Maloney, Navigator: Jack Priest, Ball turret gunner: Pete Beckowitz, Waist gunner: Leo Cass (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd #2 and oxygen, crashed five miles S of Wiessenburg, 17 miles NE of Dessau, Ger; MACR 5308.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36151700
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33398614
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
- Service Numbers: O-748548
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12127848
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32809046
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
- Date: 19 May 1944
- Date: 12 May 1944
- Date: 11 May 1944
- Date: 22 February 1944
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53004
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 26, 22 Feb 1944, Oschersleben, Germany. 32 aircraft were airborne by 0935. 29 operational aircraft had returned by 1755...
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
18500 E 6th Ave, Aurora, CO 80011, USA | 21 November 1943 | Delivered Denver AAF 21-Nov-43. |
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Assigned |
Deenethorpe Airfield, Deenethorpe NN17 3AN, UK | 21 January 1944 | Assigned 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
5 miles Sth Weissenburg in Bayern, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 enemy aircraft KOd #2 and oxygen, crashed five miles S of Wiessenburg, 17 miles NE of Dessau 5 x POW, 4 x KIA. MACR 5308 |
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Manufactured |
Seattle, WA, USA | Built at Boeing. |
