42-3273 Impatient Virgin
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 18/4/43; Assigned 100BG Dow Fd 30/5/43; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-W] Horham 15/6/43; force landed RAF St Eval ex-St Nazaire 28/6/43; crash landed Gt Ashfield ex-La Pallice 16/9/43; force landed RAF Hensridge; 31m, ex-Munster 22/12/43 with Loren Seager, Navigator: J.L. Hutchings, Waist gunner: Lelan Story, rest unknown (10 Returned to Duty); loss of power involved crash landed Potter Heigham, Nfk. Salvaged. IMPATIENT VIRGIN.
Mission: 12/22/1943 Munster (Germany)
Aircraft: 42-3273 - Impatient Virgin
Aircraft Status: Lost (Crash)
Crew Status: Return to Duty (RTD)
Pilot: Loren F. Seger
Co-Pilot: Robert W. Bugie
Navigator: James L. Hutchings
Bombardier: William J. Myers
Radio Operator: Frank A. Bessemer
Top Turret/Engineer: Donovan G. Helgeson
Ball Turret Gunner: Wilford S. Mack
Waist Gunner: Leland Story
Waist Gunner: James D. Hartney
Tail Gunner: Donald E. McKinney
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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: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39679645 / O-54429
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- 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
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19056985 / O-742940
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15195598 / O-681970
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 22 December 1943
- Date: 20 December 1943
- Date: 16 December 1943
- Date: 13 December 1943
- Date: 11 December 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Dener, CO | 18 April 1943 | |
Assigned |
Horham Airfield, UK | 15 June 1943 | 95BG 412BS |
Other Force Landed |
St Eval, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27, UK | 28 June 1943 | Force landed at RAF St Eval after mission to St Nazaire 28/6/43. |
Other Force Landed |
Great Ashfield, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 16 September 1943 | Crash landed at Great Ashfield after mission to La Pallice 16/9/43. |
Crashed |
Potter Heigham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR29, UK | 22 December 1943 | Crash landed after loss of power at Potter Heigham, Norfolk after mission to Munster 22/12/43. |
Other Force Landed |
Henstridge, Templecombe, Somerset BA8, UK | Force landed at RAF Henstridge. |