42-5901 Superstitious Aloysius
Delivered Long Beach 28/4/43; Denver 2/5/43; Tinker 13/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-T] Earls Colne 25/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Ed Reed, Co-pilot: Sid Bledsoe, Navigator: John Oerther, Bombardier: Burnie Hayes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Virgil Epperson, Radio Operator: Earl Morris, Ball turret gunner: Howard McGavack, Waist gunner: Bob Elliott,Tail gunner: Joe O’Brien (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Jim Flener (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set wing on fire, crashed near Landa, between Wurzburg & Mannheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 789. SUPERSTITUOUS ALOYSIUS.
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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: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 789 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database