Production-block:
B-17G-10-VE: 42-39958 to 42-40057
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 562nd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3092
Missions: 9
History of
B-17 42-40054
Delivered Long Beach 16/11/43; Kearney 24/11/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 8/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Capt Paul Brown, Bombardier: Rolland Gill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Joyce, Waist gunner: Elbert Moyer,Tail gunner: Bill Mocario (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Capt George Job, Navigator: John DuPrey, Radio Operator: John Blatz{died in pow hospital from injuries and severe burns 18/3/44}, Ball turret gunner: Edwin Pfanner, Waist gunner: Walter Reed, obs-Lt Joe Lechowski (6 Killed in Action); mid-air coll with 42-37886 (388BG); crashed Schoonberkerveld, SE of Emmen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 3092.
Last updated: 2. March 2019
B-17 42-40054 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-37886 Blitzing Betsy on 06 March 1944.
B-17 42-40054 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Paul Eugene Brown | POW | - |
| CP | CPT | George Curtis Job Jr. | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | John William Du Prey | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Rolland Turner Gill | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Roy Ellsworth Joyce | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | John Basil Blatz | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Edwin W. Pfanner | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Walter Scott Reed | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Elbert Paul Moyer | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | William Angelo Marcario | POW | - |
| OBS | 2LT | Joseph Paul Lechowski | KIA | - |
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