Produktionsblock:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 bis 42-30231
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 563rd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3125
Einsätze: 5
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30202
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Dow Fd 18/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall; Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with Earl Pickard, Bob Hoke, Wallace Soderberg, Orville Lewis, Walt Togel, Sam Tucker, Ralph May, Don Boyd, Harlan Oakberg (9 Prisoner of War); Billy Hooker (evaded capture); flak, crashed Liege, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 3125.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 4. Juli 2018
B-17 42-30202 Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | F/O | Earl Eugene Pickard | POW | - |
| CP | F/O | William S. Hooker | EVD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Robert James Hoke | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Wallace Niel Soderberg | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Orville Winford Lewis | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Walter Englebert Togel | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Sam H. Tucker Jr. | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Ralph Thadus May | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Harlan Charles Oakberg | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Donald Morris Boyd | POW | - |
10. November 2022 access_time 0:48
Mr. Osborne, my Dad was the tail gunner on A/C 42-30202 during Mission #7 to Kassel…Dad was fuzzy on some of the details of his recollection of that mission…referring to the plane as “Classy Chassis”…some accounts of Mission #7 had the plane as 42-30208…Dad was adamant about the crew though…your narrative matches his recollection exactly …thanks for preserving for future generations (my grandchildren especially) what those guys did for us.
Respectfully.
Dr. Ronald J. Boyd