Production-block:
B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 to 42-31131
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 339th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 1564
History of
B-17 42-31113 / Zilch
Delivered Dallas 21/9/43; Scott 3/10/43; Wilmington 7/10/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Snetterton 15/10/43; on familiarization flight 22/10/43 with Bruce O’Dell, Co-pilot: Chas May, Navigator: Chas Setilmeyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Louis Shaney, Radio Operator: Marion King (5 Returned to Duty); pilot forgot to lower u/c and crash landed base; Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43; engine shot off and hit aircraft below then mid air coll with 42-30872 (96BG), crashed North Sea, W of Terschelling Is. Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1564. ZILCH.
Last updated: 4. June 2017
B-17 42-31113 / Zilch Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-30872 Blonde Bomber on 26 September 1943.
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B-17 42-31113 / Zilch Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Harold R. Mott | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Harry E. Creutzman | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Thomas B. Blackwell | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Angus D. Stewart | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Floyd W. Gauss | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | John Mancina | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Paul J. Santillan | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Leonard M. Branam | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Andrew R. Nichols | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Warren M. Sturdevant | KIA | - |
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