Source:
388bg.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 562nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | HB784, B |
| MACR | 7746 |
| KSU/ME/KU: | 2597 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (31 July 1944) |
| Missions: | 16 |
History of
B-17 42-102435 / Double Wallop
Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; Dorval 10/3/44; Assigned RAF [HB784]; transferred USAAF 31/3/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG [B] Knettishall 1/7/44; Missing in Action Munich 31/7/44 with Jim Crider, Co-pilot: Fred Gordon, (no nav), Bombardier: Bill Stewart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Young, Radio Operator: Ed Levy, Ball turret gunner: Albt South, Waist gunner: John Kreitzman,Tail gunner: Gene Johnson (8 POW); flak, crashed Legau, S of Memmingen, Ger, close to Swiss border. Missing Air Crew Report 7746.
B-17 42-102435 / Double Wallop Details
A/C 435 was flying No. 2 position of the high squadron of the 388th A (lead Group). At the IP, No. 4 engine was smoking, the prop windmilling and the a/c was losing gas. The a/c dropped back from the formation and then called the group leader and requested a heading to Switzerland and presumably went there. No chutes reported.
Source: MACR 7746
B-17 42-102435 / Double Wallop Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | James Leach Crider | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Fred J. Gordon | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | William Richard Stewart | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Charles Ray Young | POW | - |
| RO | SGT | Edward H. Levy | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Albert South | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | John Robert Kreitziman | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Eugene Poe Johnson | POW | - |
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