42-37766 Princess Pat
Top Left - B-17 42-30353 BG-C 'Ten Knights in a Bar Room'
Bottom Left - B-17 42-37766 'Princess Pat'
Delivered Denver 25/8/43; Scott 30/9/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-F] Horham 13/10/43; with J.W. Hargrove force landed Snetterton Heath 16/11/43; (10m), Missing in Action Munster 22/12/43 with Maurice Mangis, Co-pilot: Don Lembeke, Waist gunner: Jack Short, Waist gunner: Bill McMaster (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ernie Bennett, Bombardier: Leon Celnusnak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Tracy, Ball turret gunner: Dale Aldrich,Tail gunner: Anton Svoboda (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Dick Dabney (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Lageveen, Zuidwolde, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1702. PRINCESS PAT.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37174496
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686482
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803103
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 30 November 1943
- Date: 29 November 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
- Date: 13 November 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Snetterton, Norwich, Norfolk NR16, UK | 16 November 1943 | Force landed Snetterton Heath 16/11/43. Pilot J W Hargrove. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Lageveen, 7924 Veeningen, Netherlands | 22 December 1943 - 22 December 1943 | Missing in Action Munster 22/12/43. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Lageveen, Zuidwolde, Holland; (5 x POW, 4 x KIA, 1 x EVD) Missing Air Crew Report 1702. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1702 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database