Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-35-VE: 42-5905 to 42-5954 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 562nd Bomb Squadron |
| MACR: | 3119 |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged, Accident (16 September 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-5906 / Sondra Kay
Delivered Long Beach 30/4/43; Sioux City 7/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG [–E] Knettishall 16/6/43; suffered battle damaged at La Pallice, Fr. 16/9/43 with Henry Cox, Co-pilot: Albt Rubin, Navigator: Bob Leaventhal, Bombardier: Frank Broach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herman Ball, Radio Operator: Don Gromis, Ball turret gunner: George Martin, Waist gunner: Otto Kloza, Waist gunner: Francis Curry,Tail gunner: Joshua Lewis (10 Killed in Action); crash landed Upper Cilgee Farm, Llanure, two miles from Llandrindod Wells, Wales, after being diverted to RAF Shobdon, Worcs., in poor weather; Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report 3119. SONDRA KAY.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-5906 / Sondra Kay Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Henry Oren Cox Jr. | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Albert Rubin | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Robert Blonder Leventhal | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Frank Norman Broach Jr. | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Herman Joseph Ball | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Donald Paul Gromis | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | George Roscoe Martin | KIA | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Otto Victor Kloza | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Francis R. Curry | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Joshua Manuel Lewis | KIA | - |
This page was last updated on 28 July 2021
16. September 2024 access_time 17:22
RAF Shobdon is in Herefordshire not Worcestershire!! I know as i was born 2 miles from Shobdon!!!!!