B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31161

History of
B-17 42-31161

Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 6/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 25/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Arthur Peper, Co-pilot: Jim Hyde, Navigator: Ed Connelly, Bombardier: Francis Mauge, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theo Goobic, Radio Operator: Abe Cosmer, Ball turret gunner: Henry Reilly, Waist gunner: Howard McMahon, Waist gunner: Julius Otfinoski,Tail gunner: Otis Mason (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Gollbogen, four miles NE of Zerbst, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4248.

Last updated: 27. July 2018