Production-block:
B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 to 42-5904
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 385th Bomb Group
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 323rd Bomb Squadron
- 548th Bomb Squadron
- 551st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OR-M, GX-B
MACR: 191B
History of
B-17 42-5895 / Souse Family
Delivered Long Beach 24/4/43; Gt Falls 3/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-M] Bassingbourn 4/6/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX-B] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; then 551BS; Missing in Action Hannover 26/7/43 with Theo Harris, Bombardier: Jack Mills{picked up next day 18 miles off Heligoland}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alvin Wrobel, Radio Operator: Warren Dinardi, Waist gunner: John Leaf,Tail gunner: Chester Beres (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Everett Hiatt, Navigator: Arlis Anderson, Ball turret gunner: George Hrubovcack, Waist gunner: Howard Sloop, obs-Major Berkley Springfield {549BS} (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 191B. SOUSE FAMILY.
Last updated: 16. January 2018
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