B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31230 / Little Jean

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 20/10/43; Memphis 26/10/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-A1] Bassingbourn 22/12/43; Missing in Action 3+m Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Allen Uskela, Radio Operator: Eric Braga, Ball turret gunner: Bill Keib, Waist gunner: Marvin Pearl, Waist gunner: Franklin Buck,Tail gunner: Bert Pearson (6 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Gilbert Heims, Navigator: George Potter, Bombardier: Bob Morgan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bernard Offley (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attack blew hole in wing between #1 & #2, further attacks riddled cockpit then crashed Schoepenstedt, 12 miles SW of Helmstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1916. LITTLE JEAN.