B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31122 / Six Nights in Telergma aka Arabian Nights

Delivered Cheyenne 22/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Wilmington 10/10/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-A] Framlingham 14/10/43; (3m) Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Capt Hiram C. Skogmo: Pilot; Major Ralph V. Hansel, Group CO: Co-pilot; Bombardier: Merle M. Cloud; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph H. Sindeldecker; Radio Operator: Johnnie U. Adams; Ball turret gunner: Jack P. Fariss; Waist gunner: Patrick G. Welch; Tail gunner/Observer: Lt. Whitney F. Poythress Jr. (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Capt Irving R. Lifson; passenger – Lead Navigator, Capt. Donald L. Warren; Waist gunner: Ernest Phillips (3 Prisoner of War); hit by rocket, crashed North Sea between Germany’s East Frisian islands of Norderney and Langeoog; Missing Air Crew Report 1583. SIX NIGHTS IN TELERGMA (ARABIAN NUTS).