B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31108 / Devil’s Mate

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B-17 42-31108 / Devil’s Mate

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Harvard 4/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Clyde Allen, Co-pilot: Harry Gottlieb, Navigator: Dick Martin, Bombardier: Harry DeLong, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Lockhart, Radio Operator: Howard Sikes, Ball turret gunner: Fred Dragone, Waist gunner: Joe McDermott, Waist gunner: Larry Palocsko,Tail gunner: Floyd Inman (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Waldecker road, Gonderhausen, near Waldeck castle, 14 miles SW of Koblenz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2279 THE DEVIL’S MATE.