B-17G-30-DL 'Sleepy Time Gal', 42-38211

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Heinz Knoke's victim on March 8, 1944

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T/Sgt Wilburn C. Rowden Radio at Moses Lake, WA
[Photos courtesy from Alan Foreman]

"Sleepy Time Gal" ' crew
2nd Lt. Theodore J. MacDonald P POW and 2nd Lt. Jacob Moskowitz N POW		clic on photo to enlarge it.
Sgt Charles R. Batdorf RWG POW clic on photo to enlarge it.			Sgt William J. Valigura, Jr. BTG POW clic on photo to enlarge it.
2nd Lt. Jacob Moskowitz N POW clic on photo to enlarge it.			Sgt Robert L. Allen TG POW clic on photo to enlarge it.
T/Sgt Wilburn C. Rowden R POW clic on photo to enlarge it.			T/Sgt Mearl I. Cline TTG POW clic on photo to enlarge it.

- - - Special thanks to Alan Foreman (nephew of Sgt Charles R. Batdorf) for his help - - -

serial number	plane type or name	squadron	code	reason	mission lost on	pilot / crew
42-38211	B-17G-30-DL "Sleepy Time Gal"	452 BG 731 BS	M	Heinz Knoke Bf 109 & fighters	Berlin. Crash Location Nienburg 25 km North/West of Wunstorf 415 / I11	2nd Lt. Theodore J. MacDonald P POW, 2nd Lt. John T. Godsey CP KIA, 2nd Lt. Jacob Moskowitz N POW, 2nd Lt. Anton L. Harris B KIA, T/Sgt Mearl I. Cline TTG POW, T/Sgt Wilburn C. Rowden R POW, Sgt Charles R. Batdorf RWG POW, Sgt Wendell E. Dowell LWG POW, Sgt William J. Valigura, Jr. BTG POW, Sgt Robert L. Allen TG POW, MACR 3193

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