| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-45-VE: 42-6030 to 42-6104 |
| Delievered: | Long Beach |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 94th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 331st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | QE-P |
| MACR | 1755 |
| KSU/ME/KU: | KU-597 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (31 December 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-6037
Delivered Long Beach 30/6/43; Amarillo 3/7/43; Love Fd 9/8/43; Dallas 10/8/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-P] Rougham 9/10/43; MIA Cognac 31/12/43 Pilot: Stan Wainwright, Navigator: Norbert Lorenz, Ball Turret Gunner: John Silvia, Waist Gunner: Paul Schatzau (4POW); Co-Pilot: John Bickley, Bombardier: Ed Allard, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Art Mahy, Radio Operator: Paul McGill, Waist Gunner: Art Dauenhauer, Tail Gunner: Henry Richard, rad-obs-Sgt Henry Patterson{body not recovered} (7KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed between Corme-Royal and La Clisse (12km west of Saintes (17100)), France; MACR 1755.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-6037 Details
As we went over the target we were hit 5 times. I mean direct hits. One shell exploded in back of the tail wheel & knocked [out] our control cables. We went in a diving turn I called the co-pilot & asked him if we could still fly ok & he said he was trying to get the AFCE working. We leveled off and started to try and get in formation of B-24’s when some fighters hit us.
they knockt out #3 engine and we went into another spin. I was trying to get the door off and fell out, I guess. I don’t remember what happened after I started kick on the door.
The next thing I knew I was falling. When I hit I managed to put a few miles between me and where I landed before I was caughted [sic]. They took me right back to the ship I didn’t know it was ours and I don’t think the Jerry’s did either.
I saw McGill and Richards dead and three others. I’m not sure who they were. I think they were Davenhaver [Dauenhauer], Mahy and Patterson. The Jerry’s made me help load them on a truck then we went to Pisoney. From what Sylvia, the ball turret gunner says, they are buried there in back of the hospital.
I also saw Lt. Wainwright there but didn’t want to let on I knew him. The ball turret operator bailed out after I did but never saw him until a few months later in the prison Camp.
S/Sgt. Paul F. Schatzau
Waist Gunner
Source: MACR 1755
B-17 42-6037 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Stanley D. Wainwright | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | John J. Rickley | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Norbert A. Lorenzz, Jr. | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Edward W. Allard | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Arthur C. Mahy | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Paul M. McGill | KIA | - |
| BT | SGT | John Silvia | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Arthur M. Dauenhauer | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Paul F. Schatzau | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Henry O. Richard | KIA | - |
| OBS | --- | Henry J. Patterson | KIA | T/4, body not recovered |
This page was last updated on 24 March 2026
12. January 2022 access_time 16:28
Bonjour, j’airecherché sur le site du crash de cet avion. J’ai deux photos du crash… pourquoi cet avion n’avait pas de nom… Merci pour votre réponse, Michel Souris – 17100 Saintes – France