B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31179 / Stinky Weather

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B-17 42-31179 / Stinky Weather

Delivered Denver 29/9/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Wilmington 31/10/43; Assigned: 511BS/351BG [DS-B] Polebrook 23/12/43; MIA {2m} Bordeaux 31/12/43 Pilot: Warren Putnam, Co-Pilot: Tom Irvine, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Prater, Ball Turret Gunner: Albt Custer (4KIA), Bombardier: Jack Wood, Radio Operator: Wesley Greene, Waist Gunner: John Gilson, Waist Gunner: Bob Diehl, Tail Gunner: Jack McKinney (5POW), Navigator: Irving Shwayder (EVD); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Kervers/Paimpol, 23 miles NW of St Brieux, Fr. MACR 1980. STINKY WEATHER.