42-37977 Blue Champagne
UPL 78433
UPL 78433
B-17 42-37977 'Blue Champagne' - 385BG
385th Bomb Group collection
549th Bomb Squadron
385th Bomb Group
42-37977
Great Ashfield
On
Delivered Denver 3/11/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 1/12/43; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Bob Bailey, Co-pilot: Wayne Corbin, Navigator: George Contos, Bombardier: Barney Coble, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cliff Lybeck, Radio Operator: Curtis Ailes, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Gillis, Waist gunner: Noble Brucker, Waist gunner: Norman Hill,Tail gunner: Corbett Figate (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #2, crashed Dargen, N of Oderhaff, Ger, near Polish border. Missing Air Crew Report 3823. BLUE CHAMPAGNE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 April 1944 |