B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102493 / Inside Man

Source:
388bg.com

General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 2nd Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 49th Bomb Squadron, 561st Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Battle damaged
(21 June 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-102493 / Inside Man

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Gr Island 21/3/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Bangor 25/5/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 26/5/44; battle damaged en route Poltava 21/6/44 with Douglas Glen McArthur (full crew list see below); force landed France; re-ass 49BS/2BG Amendola, It; taxi accident with RAF aircraft 5/2/45 with Dick Edelen; Salvaged 6/2/45.

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B-17 42-102493 / Inside Man Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT Douglas Glen McArthur RTD
CP 1LT Stamos O. Zades RTD
BOMB 1LT Charles Alfred Meyer RTD
ENG/TT S/SGT John P. Van Vactor RTD
RO T/SGT Robert R. Ward RTD
BT S/SGT Harold G. Evans RTD
WG T/SGT William J. Kuhn, Jr. RTD
TG S/SGT Bruce E. Larson RTD
--- CPT Charles Robert Davis RTD Command Pilot

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