| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-60-BO: 42-102744 to 42-102978 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 511th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | DS-H |
| MACR | 7817 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (28 July 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-102952
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-H] Polebrook 31/5/44; Missing in Action {29m} Merseburg 28/7/44 with Bill Long, Co-pilot: Ben Upshaw, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Hurley, Ball turret gunner: Frank Gozy, Waist gunner: Carmelo Frontino,Tail gunner: Jim Howarth (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Pete Mandros, Bombardier: Chas Gratiot, Radio Operator: Don Skoglund* (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set an engine afire, with Germans shooting at descending chutes, crashed Bauerheim, NE of Friedberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7817.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 12 June 2017
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