42-3187 Buckshot

media-55448.jpeg UPL 55448 42-3187, Buckshot with Lt Strouse and crew.

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Object Number - UPL 55448 - 42-3187, Buckshot with Lt Strouse and crew.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Earls Colne 28/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Lloyd Weldon, Co-pilot: Bob Curtis, Navigator: Wilson Brown[body washed up Sonderskov, Den., Bombardier: Quinton Williamsbody washed up near Kiel, Ger., Radio Operator: Roger Beadle, Ball turret gunner: Harry Pyle, Waist gunner: Willis Rosenberger, Waist gunner: John Gonzales, Tail gunner: Sam Collins (9 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Hale (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched Baltic Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 15839; BUCKSHOT.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Roggie L L Beadle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Wilson F Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Samuel Lowell Collins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16058387
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert L Curtis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John S Gonzalez

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 June 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15839 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 55448 - 42-3187, Buckshot with Lt Strouse and crew.