42-38200 Golden Goose, Miss Cheyenne
Delivered Denver 15/1/44; Gr Island 20/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-R] Gt Ashfield 27/2/44; Missing in Action Hamm 22/4/44 with Cleatis Cornwell, Co-pilot: Harlan Cook, Navigator: Ray Hitzel, tog-S/Sgt Delbert Dimig, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Kennedy, Radio Operator: Wheeler Urban, Ball turret gunner: Francis Diemer, Waist gunner: Bob Peel broke leg when bailed out, Waist gunner: George Bartell,Tail gunner: Irving Jamsen (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Hilbeck, two miles N of Werl, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4167. GOLDEN GOOSE aka MISS CHEYENNE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15104281
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 22 April 1944 |