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Production-block:
B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 613th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IN-R
MACR: 5308 / KSU/ME/KU: 2020
Missions: 5
History of
B-17 42-31557
Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 5/12/43; Presque Is 20/12/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-R] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Walter Keith, Bombardier: Norman Weiss, Radio Operator: Art Mahler, Waist gunner: Merle Barnes,Tail gunner: Vic D’Agostino (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Maloney, Navigator: Jack Priest, Ball turret gunner: Pete Beckowitz, Waist gunner: Leo Cass (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd #2 and oxygen, crashed five miles S of Wiessenburg, 17 miles NE of Dessau, Ger; MACR 5308.
Last updated: 2. April 2020
B-17 42-31557 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Walter Burton Keith, Jr. | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | James John Maloney | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | James Barret Priest | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Norman Weiss | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | James Elwood Wells | POW | - |
| RO | CPL | Arthur Peter Mahler | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Peter Beckowitz | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Merle Edward Barnes | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Leo Carl Cass | KIA | - |
| TG | SGT | Victor D'Agostino | POW | - |
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