Production-block:
B-17F-40-DL: 42-3229 to 42-3283
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 336th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: ET-G
MACR: 194
History of
B-17 42-3277
Delivered Denver 20/4/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG Alconbury 15/6/43; transferred 336BS/95BG [ET-G] Horham 16/6/43; 9m, (force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43); Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Lloyd Mauldin, Co-pilot: Eldon Cummins, Navigator: Tom Brick, Bombardier: Henry Skylar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sieg, Radio Operator: George Carter, Waist gunner: Edwin Bachman, Waist gunner: Bob Carr,Tail gunner: John Healey (9 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Bill Harwood (Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, dropped back and exploded, crashed Kiel-Gaarden, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 194.
Last updated: 5. May 2017
26. May 2020 access_time 18:19
There is a typo in the description for the history of B-17 42-3277. The bombardier’s name was Henry Sklar, not “Skylar”. He was a cousin of my father, Arthur Hurwitz and related to my Grandmother, Mary (Sklar) Hurwitz.