42-37879 Wrinkled Belly Baby
Delivered Denver 29/9/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [BG-U] Horham 11/11/43; with W.P. Kelley force landed Attlebridge afb, Suffolk, 11/12/43; two days later the u/c would not extend and force landed at Honington AFB with H. M. Powers, Co-pilot: F. McLedd, Navigator: V. Fox, Bombardier: H. Levine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: W. Knipper, Radio Operator: C. Selix, Ball turret gunner: T. Kennedy, Waist gunner: W. O’Keefe, Waist gunner: J. Doherty,Tail gunner: P. Allard (10 Returned to Duty); on mission to Ruhrland 21/6/44 Bombardier: Norris Kent (Killed in Action); 46m, Missing in Action Zeitz 16/8/44 with Bob Williams, Navigator: Ed Kasner, Bombardier: Bill McNabb, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Strahm, Waist gunner: Ralph Burnett (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Leland Karpe, Radio Operator: Jim Curtis, Ball turret gunner: Omer Mullins, Tail gunner: Don Michael (4 Killed in Action); flak hit causing mid-air collision with #42-97797 (95BG), crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8176. WRINKLED BELLY BABY.
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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 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-435741
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16120396
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-821248
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35151793
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
- Date: 13 August 1944
- Date: 1 August 1944
- Date: 25 July 1944
- Date: 24 July 1944
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Full House
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
11 December 1943 | Force landed Attlebridge AFB, Suffolk, 11/12/43. Pilot Lt W P Kelley. | |
Crashed |
13 December 1943 | U/C would not extend and force landed Honington AFB. Pilot Lt H M Powers. | |
Other Combat casualty |
21 June 1944 | On mission to Ruhrland 21/6/44. Bombardier Norris Kent KIA. | |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
16 August 1944 - 16 August 1944 | Missing in Action Zeitz 16/8/44. Cause - flak hit causing mid-air collision with 42-97797 (95BG), crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz Germany. (5 x POW, 4 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 8176. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8176 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8176 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database