| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 563rd Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 3142 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (26 July 1943) |
| Missions: | 3 |
History of
B-17 42-30208
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 8/5/43; Sioux City 10/5/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; MIA Hanover 30/7/43 Pilot: Earl Pickard, Co-Pilot: Billy Hooker, Navigator: Bob Hoke{evaded capture until he was betrayed 15/4/44}, Bombardier: Wallace Soderberg, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Orville Lewis, Radio Operator: Walt Togel, Ball Turret Gunner: Harlan Oakburg, Waist Gunner: Ralph May, Waist Gunner: Sam Tucker, Tail Gunner: Don Boyd (10POW); flak KO’d #1, crew bailed, ship crashed Berlaar, near Lier, Belgium. MACR 3142.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-30208 Details
There a two MACRs for this B-17. One is MACR 3142 the other is MACR 5386. Both has 26 July 1943 as date.
#42-30208 went lost with crew of 2nd Lt. Aubrey Malcolm Bobbitt (see below).
Earl Pickard was in B-17 #42-30202.
B-17 42-30208 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Aubrey Malcolm Bobbitt | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Peter Paul McCahill | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Gordon L. Amos | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Lawrence Alfred Wiegman | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Robert Claybourn | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | James Lane Duncan | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Paul Edward Warren | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | James Langley | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Lawrence Richard Hopwood | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | William Johnson Hart | POW | - |
This page was last updated on 26 December 2018
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