Leonard I Tannenbaum
Military
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UPL 51454
Just Nothing ( 42-40000 DF-F) Hesse Crew, 324th BS, 91st BG.
BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: S/Sgt. Bill Williams, Engineer; S/Sgt. Robert Detter Line, Radio Operator; S/Sgt. Harlon Bunn, Ball Turret Gunner; S/Sgt. John E. Guy, Waist Gunner; S/Sgt. D.L. Frans, Tail Gunner; S/Sgt. W.G. Mosley, Waist Gunner & Bombardier FRONT ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: 1st Lt. H.G. Hesse, Pilot; 1st Lt. Rocky Rasmussen, Navigator; Lt. Robert Hunt, Bombardier; 1st Lt. Tannumbeum, Co-pilot
BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: S/Sgt. Bill Williams, Engineer; S/Sgt. Robert Detter Line, Radio Operator; S/Sgt. Harlon Bunn, Ball Turret Gunner; S/Sgt. John E. Guy, Waist Gunner; S/Sgt. D.L. Frans, Tail Gunner; S/Sgt. W.G. Mosley, Waist Gunner & Bombardier FRONT ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: 1st Lt. H.G. Hesse, Pilot; 1st Lt. Rocky Rasmussen, Navigator; Lt. Robert Hunt, Bombardier; 1st Lt. Tannumbeum, Co-pilot
B-17F #42-3506 'Sir Baboon McGoon' was forced to ditch in the North Sea off Ijmuiden after fighter attacks disabled one engine on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944. No loss of life. Entire crew in 2 life rafts during a snow storm. Picked up by German Navy. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3473 / MACR 3473, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database