Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 545th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: JD-Q
MACR: 16378
History of
B-17 42-30143 / Yankee Powerhouse
Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Sioux City 30/4/43; Kearney 5/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-Q] Grafton Underwood; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is. 25/6/43 with George Riches, Co-pilot: Rich McCray, Waist gunner: Bill Waller,Tail gunner: Stan Martin (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Don Irwin, Bombardier: Joe Deper, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bernie Anderson, Radio Operator: Freeman Penney, Ball turret gunner: Guy Smith, Waist gunner: Ralph LaVoie (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed near Oldenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 16378. YANKEE POWERHOUSE.
Last updated: 30. July 2017
13. March 2018 access_time 9:37
The tail gunner (TG) was S/Sgt Morris H. Merrifield who was taken as a POW and interned at Stalag 17-B for approx. 22 mos.
13. March 2018 access_time 11:39
I think your comment is for the B-17 #42-3230 😉