Source:
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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 560th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | T |
| MACR | 3085 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (08 March 1944) |
| Missions: | 28 |
History of
B-17 42-31214 / Return Engagement
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 16/10/43; Wilmington 19/10/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43; MIA Bremen 8/3/44 Pilot: Homer Pou, Co-Pilot: Bob Laubach, Bombardier: John Mulligan, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Stan Jones, Radio Operator: Vernon Kramer, Waist Gunner: Chester Kmak, Waist Gunner: Bill Hoffman, Tail Gunner: Lou Sarap (8POW); Navigator: Errol Lugenbill, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Becker{baled out but never seen again, however remains were found by a farmer on Siedner Moor, near Sulingen 1/5/79} (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, left formation on return flight & crashed Feldmark Maasen, nr Borstel, two miles S of Sulingen road, Germany. MACR 3085. RETURN ENGAGEMENT.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-31214 / Return Engagement Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Homer Bruce Pou | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Robert Austin Laubach | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Errol Kaegi Luginbill | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | John Vincent Mulligan | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Stanley Harmon Jones | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Vernon John Kramer | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | James Robert Becker | KIA | Body found in 1979 |
| WG | S/SGT | Chester Andrew Kmak | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | William Nicholas Hoffman | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Louis Sarap | POW | - |
This page was last updated on 08 February 2019
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