43-38142 Lil' Butch

43-38142 UPL 70582 UPL 70582 B-17 43-38142 Rodney 'The Rock / Lill Butch'

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Object Number - UPL 70582 - B-17 43-38142 Rodney 'The Rock / Lill Butch'

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 18/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-P] Sudbury 19/7/44 RODNEY THE ROCKS; transferred 832BS [3R-P]; 69 Missing in Action Hamburg 30/3/45 with Fred Veal, Co-pilot: Otis Ruble, Bombardier: Bob Poole, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marion Hord, Radio Operator: Jim Webb, Ball turret gunner: Len Kwiatkowski, Waist gunner: Phil Gialloreta (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Don Johns, Tail gunner: Bob Herman (2 POW); shot down & flak, crashed Pinneberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13550. LIL' BUTCH.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Philip R Gialloreta

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Philip Richard Gialloreta

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33580325
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert A Herman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15075138
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Marion G Hord

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Don H Johns

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2074441
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 30 March 1945

Revisions

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Added an association to “Sudbury Airfield” per info listed A/C description section.

 

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Changed the disposition of Johns & Herman from KIA to POW per info on Find-a-grave Memorial ID 49188373.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a unit connection to the 8th AF. Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.

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Added the nickname mentioned in the A/C “Description”.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13550 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 70582 - B-17 43-38142 Rodney 'The Rock / Lill Butch'