zoom_in
Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17G-10-VE: 42-39958 to 42-40057
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 324th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DF-F
MACR: 4259 / KSU/ME/KU: 1496
Missions: 22
History of
B-17 42-40000 / Quad Zero aka Just Nothing
Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 4/1/44; 22m Missing in Action Hamm 22/4/44 with Capt Harvey Hesse, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Williams (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Maj Chas Lee, Navigator: John Ryan(401BS), Navigator: Jay Suldan, GPb-Capt Provost Marshall, Radio Operator: Fred Snavely, Ball turret gunner: Harlan Bunn, Waist gunner: John Guy, Waist gunner: Leon Sterle, Ball turret gunner: Lt Leon Krahling (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, gas tank exploded & crashed Korbecke, 19 miles SE of Hamm, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4259. QUAD ZERO then JUST NOTHING.
Last updated: 19. September 2020
B-17 42-40000 / Quad Zero aka Just Nothing Details
Eyewitness Statements from MACR 4259
Aircraft B-17G, 42-40000, was hit by flak, which caused fire in vicinity of No. 3 engine. Aircraft exploded shortly thereafter at about 15000 feet. Observer count ten (10) parachutes, also saw two (2) objects, one of which could have been a body.
S/Sgt. Charles A. Shriver, jr.
B-17 42-40000 / Quad Zero aka Just Nothing Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Harvey G. Hesse | KIA | - |
| CP | MAJ | Charles D. Lee, Jr. | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Jay H. Suldan | POW | - |
| BOMB | CPT | Provost Marshall | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Charles E. Williams | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Fred A. Snavely | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Harlan D. Bunn | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John E. Guy | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Leonard J. Sterle | POW | - |
| TG | 2LT | Francis C. Krahling | POW | - |
| NAV2 | 1LT | John W. Ryan | POW | - |
Write comment