Source:
www.306bg.us
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-50-BO: 42-5350 to 42-5484 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 369th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | WW-X |
| MACR: | 123 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (28 July 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-5426 / Fightin’ Bitin’
Delivered Tulsa 6/12/42; Salina 7/1/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-X] Thurleigh 25/3/43; Missing in Action Kiel 28/7/43 with Don Winters, Navigator: Arnold Derifield, Bombardier: Levi Irwin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Moore, Radio Operator: Frank Latto (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Hoyt, Ball turret gunner: Art Johnson, Waist gunner: Theo Nichols, Waist gunner: Mike Kome,Tail gunner: Roy Peterson (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit wing which blew off, crashed N of Schuby, near Schelswig, Ger.. Missing Air Crew Report 123. FIGHTIN’ BITIN’.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 19 October 2018

27. January 2024 access_time 14:51
is this the last crew on her. my grandfather sever as a waist gunner on this b 17. Clifford McGrane
06. March 2024 access_time 16:57
my grandfather did as well. Jess Frank Williams! I wonder if they flew together.