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Source:
401bg.org
Production-block:
B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 to 42-31131
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 615th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IY-O
MACR: 8920
History of
B-17 42-31091 / Maggie
Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gt Falls 2/10/43; Scott 21/10/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-O] Deenethorpe 4/11/43; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with Milton Wingard, Co-pilot: Bob Abresch, Navigator: Bob Sullivan,Tail gunner: Ed Chiariello (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Willard King, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Rutledge, Radio Operator: Ernie Cicogna, Ball turret gunner: Pat Winzey, Waist gunner: Bill Ingram (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Pegau, S of Leipzig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8920. MAGGIE.
Last updated: 25. May 2019
B-17 42-31091 / Maggie Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Milton R. Wingard | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | Robert J. Albresch | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Robert F. Sullivan | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Willard E. King | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | James C. Rutledge | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Earnest G. Cicogna Jr. | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Patrick M. Winzey | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Billie M. Ingram | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Edward A. Chiariello | POW | - |
25. May 2019 access_time 14:47
My uncle was the Waist Gunner. Thanks for posting the info I always wondered what plane he was on.
25. August 2019 access_time 22:53
Hello, I am researching the crash of this aircraft. Can you please email me? Thank you.
01. September 2019 access_time 11:14
I sent you an email
16. June 2019 access_time 21:39
This is completely incorrect information. That is not the crew assigned to Maggie, of the 401st BG. My Father was the Ball Turret Gunner on Maggie.
17. June 2019 access_time 9:03
Hello Debra, that’s the crew whose went lost with Maggie. Aircraft flown by different crews.
17. June 2019 access_time 1:43
See website for 401st 615th
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=13001
05. December 2021 access_time 23:26
My Father S/Sgt Phil Knapp was a waist gunner and tail gunner on the Maggie under capt Dempsey. He always talked about the Maggie and his crew . He flew 39 missions in all and nick named his granddaughter “Maggie”. I remember going to the 401st reunion and meeting most of the crew in San Fransico Ca in late 1970s. There was a huge pic of the Maggie on display that showed holes in almost every inch of her. I was in awe listening to the crew tell me about that mission. The Maggie was always in his thoughts.
20. June 2024 access_time 15:08
My dad was the tail gunner on this Bomber. He spent about eight or nine months in a POW camp in Germany. The Germans liked him because he knew how to play piano and he played piano for the Germans in the POW camp. He settled back in New York after the war. 🇺🇸 He is my true American hero. He lived through it by the grace of God. 🙏✝️