Production-block:
B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 to 42-31431
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 452nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 731st Bomb Squadron
MACR: 6238
History of
B-17 42-31359
Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 3/1/44; MIA Berlin 21/6/44 Pilot: Harry Lerum, Melvin Van Gundy, Ken Salsbury, George Slessman (4POW); Dick Dean, Paul Young, Fred Thomas, Ed McGrath, Dick Graham, Willard Johnson (6KIA); mid air coll w/42-102662 (452BG), crashed Rheinberg, Germany. MACR 6238.
Last updated: 22. February 2019
B-17 42-31359 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-102662 on 21 June 1944.
25. December 2022 access_time 16:58
My grandfather, Melvin Roscoe VanGundy was a co-pilot on “the little colonel” – B-17 42-31359. Does anyone have a picture of this B-17? Let me know please, Thanks!
13. January 2024 access_time 18:49
Hello Ramsay,
As luck would have it, I came across this post and I have a photo of Little Colonel. If you have an e-mail address, I would be more than happy to send it to you. Best regards.
15. January 2024 access_time 21:26
Thanks!