Source:
acia.co.uk
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | - |
| Bomb Squadron: | - |
| Fate: |
, Lost by mechanical fault (13 January 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31604
Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Cheyenne 12/12/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Meeks Fd 4/1/44; Assigned Soxo at Goose Bay, Labrador as replacement aircraft to Nutts Corner, N. Ireland 13/1/44 with Roy Eisele, Co-pilot: Louis Girand, Navigator: Murray Schenker, Bombardier: Melvin Gladstone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Cowley, Radio Operator: Ralph Milland, Ball turret gunner: Ed Vallee, Waist gunner: Efrain Longoria,Tail gunner: Joe Czerwonka (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Alvin Leonard (Killed in Service); abandoned over Fort William, Scotland when two engines cut out suddenly, crashed Lake Quioch; Salvaged RAF 28/2/44.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 17 March 2019
17. December 2023 access_time 9:29
Hi – I am writing a book about aircrew and aircraft losses in Scotland 1939-45, which should be published in 2024. I am hoping to have your permission to publish some of the photos of B-17 42-31604 in Loch Quoich (which is not so far from where I live). Of course I would give your site due credit. Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in anticipation.
Keith Bryers
Scotland