Source:
NARA
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 to 42-29831 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 379th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 527th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | FO-F |
| MACR | 2870 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (22 February 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-29829 / Sons O’ Satan
Delivered Denver 23/2/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-F/P] Kimbolton 18/5/43; Missing in Action Bernburg 22/2/44 with Bob Haston, Radio Operator: Gordon Fisher, Waist gunner: Bill Nixon, Waist gunner: Conrad Gemmecke,Tail gunner: Lester Adriensen (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Foy Clingman{chute failed}, Navigator: Harry Sheaffer{fell out of bomb bay minus chute when attempting to to release a hung up bomb}, Bombardier: Stanislaw Burblis{togg}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Raack, Ball turret gunner: Bob Spisak (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed two miles S of Gottingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2870. SONS O’ SATAN.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-29829 / Sons O’ Satan Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Robert W. Haston | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Foy R. Clingman | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Harold N. Shaefer | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Kenneth E. Raack | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Gordon D. Fisher | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Robert Spisak | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William G. Nixon, Jr. | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Conrad J. Gemmecke | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Lester B. Adriansen | POW | - |
| TOG | S/SGT | Stanislaw Burblis | KIA | - |
This page was last updated on 17 November 2023
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