Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 562nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: T
MACR: 3083
Missions: 22
History of
B-17 42-31163 / A Good Ship and A Happy Ship
Delivered Cheyenne 27/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Nashville 12/10/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 14/10/43; MIA Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Chas Wallace, Co-Pilot: Edwin Gilroy, Navigator: Dick Kohn, Bombardier: Marvin Horn, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dave Bacot, Radio Operator: Don Fumagilly, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Amos, Waist Gunner: Harry Davis, Waist Gunner: Ed Whitman, Tail Gunner: Ray Cortee (10INT); battle damage, forced landing Rinkaby A/fd, near Kristiansand, Sweden. MACR 3083. GLORY GIRL aka A GOOD SHIP AND A HAPPY SHIP. (Used by Swedish air line ABA as SE-BAM named TOM, crashed Dec/45, WO).
Last updated: 4. February 2019
B-17 42-31163 / A Good Ship and A Happy Ship Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 1LT | Charles D. Wallace | INT | - |
CP | 2LT | Edwin B. Gilroy | INT | - |
NAV | 2LT | Richard P. Kuhn | INT | - |
BOMB | F/O | Marvin A. Horn | INT | - |
ENG/TT | T/SGT | Raymond C. Cortez | INT | - |
RO | S/SGT | Donald J. Fumagalli | INT | - |
BT | S/SGT | David T. Bacot | INT | - |
WG | S/SGT | William R. Amos | INT | - |
WG | S/SGT | Edward E. Whitman | INT | - |
TG | S/SGT | Harrison Everett Davis | INT | - |
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