42-97200 Kickapoo Joy Juice
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Delivered Cheyenne 13/2/44; Gr Island 21/2/44; Presque 12/3/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 22/3/44; Missing in Action Chateaudun 28/3/44 with Chas Robinson, Co-pilot: Cliff Downen, Navigator: Chas Morgan, Bombardier: Bill Harrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Melvin Baughman, Ball turret gunner: Oscar McClure (6 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Conrad Desmarais, Waist gunner: Morris Anderson, Waist gunner: Bill Abbott, Tail gunner: Dallas Oliver (4 Prisoner of War); flak hit and exploded at radio room, where r-op was blown out of aircraft, while Anderson bailed after dropping 12,000 ft in tail section before fixing his ‘chute; crashed a mile from Chateaudun A/Fd, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3489. KICKAPOO JOY JUICE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14135869
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37310947
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16130955
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11087013
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
28 March 1944 | MACR 3489 mission to Chateaudun |
Revisions
Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.
Missing Planes of the 452nd Bomb Group, 3rd Edition, compiled by Edward Hinrichs
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3489 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database