B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102946

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102946
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-60-BO: 42-102744 to 42-102978
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 388th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 562nd Bomb Squadron
MACR 5315
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire
(29 May 1944)
Missions: 2
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History of
B-17 42-102946

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 23/5/44; MIA Krzesinki 29/5/44 Pilot: Ray Callahan, Co-Pilot: Gene Kivett, Navigator: Jim Russell, Bombardier: John Germany. on, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Weitkamp, Radio Operator: Doug Clark, Ball Turret Gunner: Grant Taylor, Waist Gunner: Keith Hart, Waist Gunner: Chas Knox, Tail Gunner: George Klepp (10POW); flak and Enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4, crashed thre miles W of Eilenburg, nine miles NE of Liepzig, Ger. MACR 5315.

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B-17 42-102946 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Raymond Callahan POW
CP 2LT Eugene Lawrence Kivett POW
ENG/TT T/SGT James William Weitkamp POW
RO T/SGT Douglas Ralph Clark POW
BT S/SGT Grant S. Taylor POW
WG S/SGT Keith Raymond Hart POW
WG S/SGT Charles Wayne Knox POW
TG S/SGT George Klepp POW
TOG S/SGT John Curtis Gerson POW

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