42-39865 LADY LORRAINE

B-17G-5-VE 42-39865

710th SQ

 

Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG [IJ-C] Rattlesden 27/11/43

 

Flight listings for 42-39865

These lists are NOT limited to officially credited Combat missions, and may include Aborts, returns and non-takeoff occurrences as well.

447th Mission (Date) Target Pilot Notes
#10 (24-Jan-44) Frankfurt, Germany Ralston, D. E.  
#11 (29-Jan-44) Frankfurt, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#12 (30-Jan-44) Brunswick, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#13 (03-Feb-44) Wilhelmshaven, Germany Davis, C. C.  
#19 (13-Feb-44) Pas de Calais, Marquenville, France Davis, C. C.  
#21 (21-Feb-44) Diepholz, Germany Ralston, D. E. HS-50
#22 (24-Feb-44) Rostock, Germany Leavitt, G. N.  
#23 (25-Feb-44) Regensburg, Germany Beaty, E. E. ABORT
#25 (29-Feb-44) Brunswick, Germany Davis, C. C. Failed to T/O
#26 (03-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Greenwell, W. R. ABORT, #3 engine out, 1 sick
#27 (04-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Tigh, W. P. ABORT Feathered prop
#29 (08-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Davis, C. C. ABORT #3 Eng
#30 (09-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Stenvig, J. A.  
#35 (18-Mar-44) Munich, Germany Marcy, C. H. ABORT #3 Eng rough, Flt Ind out
#40 (27-Mar-44) Merignac, Chartes, France Hudson, W. C. Crashed on Lavendon Green Farm (sp?)
#41 (28-Mar-44) Chartres, France Hoffmeister, G. E.  
#50 (20-Apr-44) Cherbourg / Bois de la Justice, France Johnson, P. W.  
#51 (22-Apr-44) Hamm, Germany Flemming, D. S.  
#53 (26-Apr-44) Brunswick, Germany Bye, G.  
#55 (27-Apr-44) Le Culot, France Champlin, H. D.  
#58 (01-May-44) Marquenville, France Van Every, H.  
#60 (08-May-44) Berlin, Germany Owens, W. E.  
#61 (09-May-44) Laon / Athies, France Owens, W. E. MISSING

 

Missing in Action with the Bill Owens crew at Laon, Fr 9/5/44; flak knocked off nose, then ball turret fell off followed by aircraft disintegrating in mid-air to crashed two miles N of Laon, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4588.

Bill Owens Pilot KIA
Bill Heim Co-Pilot KIA
Julian Matin Navigator KIA
John McKinney Bombardier KIA
Jack Seeger Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner KIA
Herb Holland Ball Turret Gunner KIA
Edwin Sieniarecki Waist Gunner KIA
Leroy Potter Tail Gunner KIA
John Browko Radio Operator POW
Conrad St Laurent Waist Gunner POW

 

John McKinney; Bombardier KIA

 

 


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