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photos.384thbombgroup.com
Production-block:
B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 547th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: SO-V
MACR: 3865
Missions: 24
History of
B-17 42-31433 / Rum Pot II
Delivered Cheyenne 3/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-V] Grafton Underwood 8/1/44; MIA Schweinfurt 13/4/44 Pilot: Clarry Stearns, Navigator: Bob Hock, Bombardier: Don Ackerson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dave Barkhurst, Radio Operator: Ed Hill, Ball Turret Gunner: Pierre Joseph, Waist Gunner: Theo Corrigan, Waist Gunner: John Robinson, Tail Gunner: Warren Martell (9POW); Co-Pilot: Joe Bedsole (KIA-had no chute when rest baled); Enemy aircraft before target, crashed Grossgumpen/Odenwald, near Lindenfels, 12 miles S of Darmstadt, Germany. MACR 3865. RUM POT.
Last updated: 17. February 2020
B-17 42-31433 / Rum Pot II Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Clarence Grover Stearns | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | Joseph Linyer Bedsole, Jr. | KIA | Air Commander |
| NAV | 1LT | Robert E. Hock | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Donald Richard Ackerson | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | David Luther Barkhurst | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Edward Theodore Hill | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Pierre Joseph | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Theodore Bernard Corrigan | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John Timothy Robison | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Warren Hardine Martell | POW | - |
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