| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-100-BO: 42-30332 to 42-30431 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 561st Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 3135 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (02 October 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-30421 / Ginger Lou
Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/43; Kearney 14/6/43; Dow Fd 29/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 5/7/43; Missing in Action Emden 2/10/43 with Joe Felece, Co-pilot: Don Wilson, Navigator: Joe Sullivan, Bombardier: Joe Kendall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Burton Rubens, Radio Operator: John Parsons, Ball turret gunner: Henry DeKeyrel, Waist gunner: Bill Harrington, Waist gunner: Gene Harper,Tail gunner: Bill Salyer (10 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #1, then #2 caught fire, ditched North Sea off Heligoland Is, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3135.
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This page was last updated on 03 July 2018
21. November 2022 access_time 4:17
I am looking for a family member of 2nd Lt. Joseph W. Kendall. He was 24 when 42-30421 went down. I have a book of his. The inscription reads T/SGT. Joseph W. Kendall. Xmas 1942. From, Mother. I have had the book for at least 25 years. It needs to go to the family.