| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-20-VE: 42-5765 to 42-5804 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 335th Bomb Squadron, 546th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BK-E |
| MACR | 295 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (16 August 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-5797
Delivered Long Beach 3/2/43; Rapid City 17/2/43; Brookley 28/3/43; Morrison 10/4/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG Alconbury 24/4/43; transferred AFSC 5/43, then 546BS/384BG [BK-E] Grafton Underwood 7/8/43; Missing in Action Le Bourget 16/8/43 with Dave Magowan, Co-pilot: Leonard Bughman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Grinstein, Radio Operator: Ladislaw Koves, Ball turret gunner: Matt Coody, Waist gunner: Ed Ohe (6 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Jim Murray (Killed in Action); Navigator: John Dougherty, Bombardier: John Heald, Waist gunner: Bob Sheets (3 evaded capture); shot down by enemy aircraft after crew bailed, crashed near Ramboville, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 295.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 16 July 2017
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