| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 92nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 407th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | PY-X |
| MACR | 739 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (06 September 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-30010 / Shgrber Shuttle Svs ltd
Delivered Cheyenne 28/3/43; Smoky Hill 4/4/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-X] Alconbury 25/4/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Coleman Asher, Co-pilot: Harvey Protzman, Navigator: George Francis, Bombardier: John Chapman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Jones, Waist gunner: George Maerki (6 Killed in Action), Radio Operator: Otto Pfannebecker,Tail gunner: Harvey Plyler (2 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Bill Rice, Waist gunner: Jim Wilson (2 evaded capture); flak, crashed Conchy-sur-Canche, 20 miles NE of Abbeville, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 739.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 17 August 2017
01. February 2026 access_time 22:24
My husband and I have put together a detailed 23 page brochure of documents, Evade and Escape Reports and B-17 technical data. We would like to make it available free to any of the crew’s family members. Asher was not shot down by flack or enemy air craft. The correct information can be verified by S/gt. Rice and S/gt. Wilson’s E&E REPORTS & the B17’s in the same formation with Asher to his direct left and one next to him on the right. Send your name and address, we will be happy to send you a copy of the report that took months to compile. Janis (Ed) Williams