Source:
www.385thbga.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-50-DL: 42-3339 to 42-3393 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 385th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 550th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SG-F |
| MACR | 4452 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (24 April 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-3388 / Sleepytime Girl
Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Dow Field 13/7/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 3/8/43; transferred 550BS/385BG [SG-F] Gt Ashfield /43; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 with Bill Nesen, Co-pilot: Bernie Gruble, Navigator: Jim Delo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lee Lance, Radio Operator: Fred Howland, Ball turret gunner: Joe McKenna (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Chester Desormeaux, Waist gunner: Evan Wells, Waist gunner: Murdoch McNeil,Tail gunner: Ernie Mitchell (4 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft KOd three engines, ditched Channel off Dungeness, Kent, picked up by Air Sea Rescue Walrus. Missing Air Crew Report 4452 . SLEEPYTIME GIRL.
B-17 42-3388 / Sleepytime Girl Details
Photo: Courtesy of Mike Golding
This page was last updated on 09 November 2017
28. October 2017 access_time 11:41
Recently an engine from Sleepytime Girl was brought ashore by a local fisherman, after it had caught in his nets.
The engine is now on display at the Pilot Inn, here at Dungeness.
Would it be ok to reproduce the photo of the aircraft – or any other that you may have, as I am in process of putting together a little story around the affair
With thanks
Michael Golding
24. November 2018 access_time 19:06
Sleepytime Girl’s mission was to bomb factories in Friedrichshafen, Germany. 27/28 April 1944 ZF Friedrichshafen A night attack by 322 heavy bombers damaged several factories and destroyed the factory producing tank gearboxes. 1,234 tons of bombs were dropped causing (an estimated) 67 percent of the town’s built-up area to be destroyed.