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Production-block:
B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 to 42-107233
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 614th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IW-G
MACR: 9760 / KSU/ME/KU: 3177
Missions: 31
History of
B-17 42-107084 / Betty’s Revenge
Delivered Tulsa 16/2/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 3/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-G] Deenethorpe 16/4/44; Missing in Action Politz, Ger 7/10/44 with Alex Harasym, Clarry Barsuk, Glen Topic, Jarvis Friduss, Emanuel Saylor, John Bailey, George Capps (7 Prisoner of War); Albt Parker, John Marshall (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Politz; Missing Air Crew Report 9760. BETTY’S REVENGE.
Last updated: 4. September 2022
B-17 42-107084 / Betty’s Revenge Details
Intense, extremely accurate flak surrounding synthetic oil plant at Politz.
Controls were shot away (this was announced over VHF) and heard by crew-members who observed incident, going down in vertical dive.
Source: MACR 9760
B-17 42-107084 / Betty’s Revenge Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Alexander Harasym | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | Clarence S. Barsuk | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Elbert Joseph Parker | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | John James Marshall | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Glen Leroy Topic | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Jarvis Hale Friduss | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Emanuel Theodore Saylor | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | John Scudder Bailey | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | George Calvin Capps | POW | - |
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