| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 390th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 571st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | FC-N |
| MACR | 4245 |
| KSU/ME/KU: | 737A |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (29 April 1944) |
| Missions: | 4 |
History of
B-17 42-102526
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned: 96BG Snetterton 8/4/44; Transferred: 571BS/390BG [FC-N] Framlingham 9/4/44; MIA {4m} Freidrichahafen 29/4/44 Pilot: Bob Rayburn, Co-Pilot: Henry Crowley, Navigator: Murray Jacob, Bombardier: Chas Heltsley, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dave Thomas, Radio Operator: Bob O’Hara, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Cusack, Waist Gunner: Dan Chermak, Waist Gunner: Dick Matanle, Tail Gunner: Woodrow Johnson (10POW); flak, one engine smoking, crashed a mile SE of Bitterfeld, 28 miles SW of Potsdam, Germany. MACR 4245.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-102526 Details
Extract from S-2 Mission Report Regarding B-17G 42-102526
At 1140 hours near 5200 N – 1350 E at 24,000 feet, A/C 526, 390th Group observed to peel off to right and out of formation with one engine smoking, and began to dive. A/C apparently hit by flak over Berlin. Seven men observed to jump 3 apparently delayed jumps only 4 chutes seen to open. A/C 526 last seen heading down disappearing in clouds, tops of which, reported to have been at about 6000 feet at about 1145 hours near 5120 N – 1311 E. One crew reported that at 1141 hours A/C 526 called that he was hitting the silk.
Source: MACR 4245
B-17 42-102526 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Robert W. Rayburn | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Henry G. Crowley | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Murray Jacob | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Charles M. Heltsley | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | David J. Thomas | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert M. O'Hara, Jr. | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | William J. Cusack, Jr. | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Daniel E. Chermak | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Richard K. Matanle | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Woodrow W. Johnson | POW | - |
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