Source:
www.388bg.info
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 563rd Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 7745 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (02 August 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-97171 / 4th Term aka Raider Maiden
Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG [L] Knettishall 12/3/44; Missing in Action Paris 2/8/44 with Don Balboni (Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Fufaro (evaded capture); Co-pilot: Willard Spangler, Navigator: Arthur Read, Bombardier: Earl Simanek, Radio Operator: Ed Monroe, Ball turret gunner: Lou Legrand, Waist gunner: Walt Knudson,Tail gunner: Laverne Kaasa (7 Prisoner of War); flak, bellied in Pierrelaye, SE of Pontoise, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 7745. 4TH TERM.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-97171 / 4th Term aka Raider Maiden Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Donald Lawrence Balboni | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Willard George Spangler | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Arthur Marshall Read | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Earl Louis Simanek | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | --- | Ernest William Furfaro | POW | - |
| RO | SGT | Edward E. Monroe | POW | - |
| BT | --- | Louis E. LeGrand | POW | - |
| WG | --- | Walter Herbert Knudson | UNK | - |
| TG | SGT | Laverne D. Kaasa | POW | - |
This page was last updated on 06 August 2017
24. February 2023 access_time 13:29
My grandfather, John (Jack) Blundell was tailgunner and that’s him all the way to left. under the 4. He always said he was the tallest guy to squeeze into the tail! He wanted to be a pilot but his eyesight prohibited him from being in the cockpit. True heros every one of them.