Production-block:
Boeing B-17C: 40-2042 to 40-2079
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 11th Bomb Group
MACR: 16123
History of
B-17 40-2054
Delivered 38RS/11BG [aircraft 40] SAD 29-Nov-40; arrived during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour 7-Dec-41 with Lt Earl Cooper, Lt Dick Eberenz, Lt John Crockett, Avn Cdt Jim Buchanan, T/Sgt Jesse Broyles, Sgt Joe Bruce, Sgt Lee Best, Cpl Elmer Lippold, Pvt Don McCord; with Bill Raper crashed 130 miles off Oahu, HI 15-Jun-42. Missing Air Crew Report 16123. The MACR has this with 303rd BG 360th BS and this is possible because the 303BG did not deploy to the UK until 12-Sep-42.
Last updated: 6. June 2017
B-17 40-2054 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | --- | William S. Raper | RTD | - |
| CP | --- | Lt. Edwin L. Sterling | RTD | - |
| NAV | --- | Frank E. Ross, Jr. | RTD | - |
| BOMB | --- | Lt. Foster G. Daniels | RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | --- | Alva E. Dye | RTD | - |
| RO | --- | Walter Dombrowski | MIA | - |
| BT | --- | Walter J. Dutkiewicz | MIA | - |
| WG | --- | Jessie R. Downard | RTD | - |
| WG | --- | Robert J. McKeage | RTD | - |
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