Production-block:
B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 to 42-31431
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 367th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2655
History of
B-17 42-31428
Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 21/1/44; Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with Carey Oliver, co-George Dumas, Navigator: George Milburn, Bombardier: Siegel Hawkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Swilley, Radio Operator: Silvio Paoli, Waist gunner: Maurice Pershing, Waist gunner: Jack Osborn,Tail gunner: Bill Van Houtte (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Bill Huddleston (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Daaden, four miles S of Dermbach, nine miles SW of Siegen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2655.
Last updated: 4. October 2019
29. February 2024 access_time 13:11
42-31428 is the B-17 featured on the cover of the ‘Masters of he Air’ book. It is Lt John Stolz and crew after the 4th February 1944 raid to Frankfurt. He is recorded as flying aircraft 428. https://veteransbreakfastclub.org/the-story-behind-the-iconic-masters-of-the-air-photo/
13. March 2024 access_time 20:36
Great! Thank you Ross!
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