{"id":2427,"date":"2017-06-05T10:44:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T08:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&p=2427"},"modified":"2023-04-24T18:28:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T16:28:57","slug":"42-3057-picadilly-commando-aka-blonde-bomber","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3057-picadilly-commando-aka-blonde-bomber\/","title":{"rendered":"42-3057 \/ Picadilly Commando aka Blonde Bomber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eyewitness Description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aircraft B-17F #42-3057 while flying at 20,000 feet at 1135 hours near Dummer Lake, Germany, was seen to collide with an enemy aircraft and broke in two. No parachutes were seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: MACR 1918<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sheet metal workers repair the flak-damaged tail of a Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” (A\/C No. 23057) of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, 9lst Bomb Group, based at Bassingbourne, England. 14 May 1943.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortresses” #42-3057, enroute toward Cognac, France, fly at 18,000 feet altitude high above the heavy cloud banks. 31 Dec.43.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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B-17 “Flying Fortress” #42-3057 of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, drones steadily on toward its target somewhere in Europe. December 1943.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Cheyenne 18\/1\/43; Nashville 27\/2\/43; Assigned 324BS\/91BG [LG-N] Wildflower 21\/3\/43; Bassingbourn 26\/3\/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben on its 38th mission, 11 January 1944 to Oschersleben, Germany. Pilot Wayne E. Murdoch chute failed to open; Radio Operator: Teddy J. Morris (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Kenneth L. Manson; Navigator: George F.Young Jr; Bombardier: Robert R. Case; Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Arlo L. Roswell; Ball turret gunner: Thomas H. Rogers; Left Waist gunner: Walter T. Romanofski; Right Waist gunner: Russell B. Hoover; Tail gunner: Julius R. Sobieski – foot shot off in action (8POW-baled out over target area); Flak hits and enemy aircraft, crashed between Hornhausen and Ausleben, six miles NW of Oschersleben, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 1918. PICADILLY COMMANDO later BLONDE BOMBER.","protected":false},"featured_media":2429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"airplane-status":[136,135],"status-date":[231],"status-day":[1858],"status-month":[1860],"status-year":[1892],"production-block":[34],"manufacturer":[131],"delivered":[],"project-number":[],"bomb-group":[270],"bomb-squadron":[351],"raf-service":[],"b17tags":[873],"class_list":["post-2427","b17database","type-b17database","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","airplane-status-lost-by-enemy-aircraft","airplane-status-lost-by-aa-flak","status-date-11-01-1944","status-day-1858","status-month-january","status-year-1892","production-block-b-17f-20-dl-42-3039-42-3073","manufacturer-douglas","bomb-group-91st-bomb-group","bomb-squadron-322nd-bomb-squadron","b17tags-oschersleben-11-01-1944"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17database\/2427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17database"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/b17database"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"airplane-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/airplane-status?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"status-date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-date?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"status-day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-day?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"status-month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-month?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"status-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-year?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"production-block","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/production-block?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manufacturer?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"delivered","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/delivered?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"project-number","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-number?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"bomb-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bomb-group?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"bomb-squadron","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bomb-squadron?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"raf-service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/raf-service?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"b17tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17tags?post=2427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}