Produktionsblock:
B-17F-130-BO: 42-30932 bis 42-31031
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 92nd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 407th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: PY-
MACR: 3225
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31022
Delivered Cheyenne 3/9/43; Scott 25/9/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY- ] Podington 23/11/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with George Starks, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Donovan Edgerly, Radio Operator: Bob Williams, Ball turret gunner: Bill Wyatt, Waist gunner: Arden Brenden, Waist gunner: Wallace Trinder (6EVD-both wgs, probably evd); Co-pilot: Dale Berry, Navigator: Ed Badder, Bombardier: Irving Baum,Tail gunner: Rich Morse (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set wing on fire, crashed Vitry-le-Francois, Marne, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3225.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 3. Juli 2017
12. November 2018 access_time 22:15
Read a newly released book titled “Coffin Corner Boys”, by Carole Engle Avriett regarding this plane and it’s crew!
Tells story of the Bomber, 10 Men and their harrowing escape from Nazi-Occupied France.
24. Mai 2020 access_time 14:38
Art, I’m guessing you are related to Don? I am Bill Wyatt’s son.
27. April 2023 access_time 11:52
My Great Uncle was the Co-Pilot, Dale Beery. I was fascinated with his story as a child, but he never said much about his experience. He stated that everyone lived and he was in a POW camp for the rest of the war. I did not know about the Coffin Corner Boys book or that six of the crew evaded capture. I did not know about much about his mission or where their target was, only it was his first mission and he was a B-17 pilot. Now that I know about this book, I hope I can piece together his experience a bit better. I live in Germany today, and love WWII history.