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Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 364th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WF-E
MACR: 2541 / KSU/ME/KU: 1028
History of
B-17 42-31820
Delivered Denver 29/12/43; Kearney 13/1/44; Presque Is 24/1/44; Assigned: 364BS/305BG [WF-E] Chelveston 15/2/44; MIA Augsburg 25/2/44 Pilot: Foster Perry, Co-Pilot: Bob Brundage, Navigator: Rich Plothow, Bombardier: Dudley Winkler, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jesse Vowell (5POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Zeb Kisner, Waist Gunner: Donato Turchiano, Waist Gunner: Odie Gilvin, Tail Gunner: Gerhardt Hildebrandt (4KIA); Radio Operator: Jerome Bajenski (EVD); Enemy aircraft, crashed Ferme de Mont Garni, near Raucourt, six miles S of Sedan, Fr; MACR 2541.
Last updated: 4. December 2021
B-17 42-31820 Details
B-17 42-31820 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Forster F. Perry | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Robert S. Brundage | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Richard E. Plothow | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Dudley E. Winkler | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Jesse G. Vowell | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Jerome J. Bajenski | EVD | - |
| BT | SGT | Zeb D. Kisner | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Donato V. Turchiano | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Odie P. Gilvin | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Gerhardt E. Hildebrandt | KIA | - |
03. December 2022 access_time 9:02
Pilot Foster Perry was captured but escaped. I bought my house from him in 1979. We were talking about his service in WWII and he told me it was try to escape or starve to death. They sent him out on a detail to work in the gardens near the camp on the edge of a forest. Just before the were rounding everyone up he slipped off into the forest, then made his way back to Spain.
John Baumann