| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 369th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | WW-F |
| MACR | 4553 |
| Fate: |
, Mid-air collision (08 May 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31969
Delivered Cheyenne 8/1/44; Billings 14/1/44; Savannah 24/1/44; Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 6/2/44; transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-F] Thurleigh 22/2/44; Bombardier: F/O Dominic Giosso (KIA-pilot was Bill Tarr) 26/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Edwin Schlect, Co-pilot: Frank Hunt, Navigator: Edwin Gorder, Bombardier: Dick Ware, Radio Operator: Chas Pillen, Ball turret gunner: Stan Michalicki, Waist gunner: Chester Hinds, Waist gunner: John Wharton,Tail gunner: John Handenshield (9 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Davis (Prisoner of War); upset by propwash caused mid air coll with two other B-17s wreckage falling on each other, crashed Halenbeck, near Freyenstein, nine milesNW of Wittstock, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4553.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-31969 Details
B-17G #42-97239, which was suffering from “prop-wash”, came down on top of #42-37942 causing the tail section of #42-37942 to be cut off.
The tail section from #42-37942 then came down on top of B-17G #42-31969.
This page was last updated on 18 November 2018
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