Production-block:
B-17F-35-BO: 42-5079 to 42-5149
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 367th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 15568
History of
B-17 42-5130 / Sweet Pea
Delivered Denver 29/9/42; Presque Is 20/11/42; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 25/11/42; MIA Lorient 6/3/43 Pilot: Major John Ryan{wia} (EVD, picked up by RAF Lysander back to UK 17/4/43); Co-Pilot: Germany. ld Simmons (KIS-shot by German guard when failed to halt); Navigator: Bob Hermann, Bombardier: Jim Laine, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Perry, Radio Operator: Glen Blakemore, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Forrester, Waist Gunner: John Chapman, Waist Gunner: Jim Green, Tail Gunner: Bob Mumaw (8POW); flak, crashed Bretagne, near Quimper, Fr. MACR 15568. SWEET PEA.
Last updated: 2. July 2018
B-17 42-5130 / Sweet Pea Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | MAJ | John L. Ryan | EVD | - |
| CP | 1LT | Gerald L. Simmons | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Robert B. Herman | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | James A. Laine | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Charles E. Perry | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Glenn A. Blakemore | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | William H. Forrester | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John R. Chapman | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | James C. Green, Jr. | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Robert G. Mumaw | POW | - |
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