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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17G-10-VE: 42-39958 to 42-40057
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 339th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: QJ-A
MACR: 3430
History of
B-17 42-39988 / Lace’s Aces aka The Iron Ass
Delivered Long Beach 27/10/43; ass 339BS/96BG [QJ-A] Snetterton 4/12/43; MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: George Pond, Co-Pilot: John Day, Navigator: Glenn Johnson, Bombardier: George Peters, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Morris Ring, Radio Operator: Fitzhugh Warren, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Wilkins, Waist Gunner: Dallas Farris, Waist Gunner: Rowen Pollock, Tail Gunner: Carl Vandewalker (10POW); Enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, crashed Belgium. dorf, seven miles NE of Helmstedt, Germany. MACR 3430. LACE’S ACES aka THE IRON ASS.
Last updated: 19. October 2018
05. May 2023 access_time 18:28
My grandfather was George Pond, the pilot, he was lead plane in the formation on a run to Berlin when they were shot down. He managed to land the plane and he was captured with his crew and sent to Stalag Luft I for the remainder of the war.
This was not his normal plane, but one he was using because his own plane had been damaged on a previous mission. He originally flew the Bad Penney.
16. September 2023 access_time 19:33
My father was the Tail Gunner Carl VanDeWalker. I remember him always talking about George Pond.
14. December 2024 access_time 0:55
Owen Pollock retired from the Sandusky Ohio Police Department. Would anyone happen to have any photos of the plane or nose art? We would love to find a way to honor him. An old Vietnam vet and retired officer called Owen his hero.