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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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1 | Geiger | Jerome Henry | Captain | 0-731854 | Age 23 | USA | Pilot | DFC (US)![]() | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron![]() | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | |||||||
2 | Muffett | Winfield Felton | 1LT | 0-760895 | Age 22 | USA | Co-Pilot | DFC (US)![]() | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron![]() | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | |||||||
3 | Hubbell | Charles Hugh | 2LT | 0-713616 | Age 22 | USA | Navigator | DFC (US)![]() | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron![]() | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | |||||||
4 | Reising | Frank Herman | 2LT | 0-762804 | Age 28 | USA | Bombadier | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron![]() | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
5 | Chaplow | Leroy Henry | S/Sgt | 15070182 | Age 26 | USA | Turret gunner | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron![]() | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
6 | Divil | Kenneth David | Sgt | 35765539 | 1925-05-02, Smithfield, Fayette County, Pennsylvania | USA | Ball turret gunner | Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron![]() | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Killed Age 19 | American War Cemetery Ardennes Belgium Plot D, Row 10, Grave 53 | ![]() ![]() | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | |||||
7 | Goodman | Walter Frank | S/Sgt | 36480907 | Age 23 | USA | Radio | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron![]() | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
8 | Ingison | Walter Charles | Sgt | 36597221 | Age 19 | USA | Gunner | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron![]() | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
9 | Pierce | James Mack | S/Sgt | 37677168 | Age 25 | USA | Waist gunner | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 508th Bomber Squadron![]() | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Survived | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report | ||||||||
10 | Kurtz | John Joseph | S/Sgt | 36827478 | Age 19 | USA | German speaking specialist Y operator | USAAF | 351st Bomber Group | 511th Bomber Squadron (assigned to 508th Bomber Squadron)![]() | 1944-09-27 | B-17 Fortress | 42-98004 | YB-H | RAF Polebrook | 09:37 | Bomb marshalling yards Köln (Cologne) | 150mm flak shell blew huge hole in fuselage | Blown out after explosion. PoW Stalag Luft 4 | The eyewitness account from Jerome H. Geiger reads: “I, Jerome H. Geiger, O-731854, was flying as pilot of Aircraft No. 42-98004 which was flying in Lead Position of the Low Squadron on a mission to Cologne, Germany on 27 September 1944. About a second after bombs away 150 mm. Flak hit my plane, knocking out the Ball Turret, denting the tail and destroying the superchargers and radios. The Ball Turret gunner was killed instantly.......and the Y-Operator (a German-speaking voice interceptor from 511st Bomber Sqn) fell out without his parachute (see note below). The rest of the crew and the plane returned to England without further incident.” | Archive Report |
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