B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3406 / Big Operator

History of
B-17 42-3406 / Big Operator

Delivered Long Beach 9/6/43; Smoky Hill 9/7/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-V] Thurleigh 4/8/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Bill Cunningham, Co-pilot: Walter Bolte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Bayne, Radio Operator: Doyle Persson, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Roberts, Waist gunner: John Seaman, Waist gunner: Bob Brucks,Tail gunner: Harry Gotcher (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Theo Pochily, Bombardier: Morris Butler (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Hommerich, 13 miles NE Cologne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 255. BIG OPERATOR.

Last updated: 20. July 2017