| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 2nd Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 20th Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 3364 |
| Fate: |
, Mid-air collision (30 March 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31683
Delivered Denver 6/12/43; Casper 13/12/43; Cheyenne 31/12/43; Houston 2/1/44; Lakeland 6/1/44; Morrison 25/2/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 26/2/44; {16m} transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; Missing in Action {1m} Sofia 30/3/44 with Leroy Rigney, Co-pilot: Harry Meyer, Navigator: Bill Mitchell, Bombardier: Bill Vavrik, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orvel Buechner, Radio Operator: Peter Victor, Ball turret gunner: Rich Gilbert, Waist gunner: Bill Corbin, Waist gunner: Alvin Barrow,Tail gunner: Marvin Maddox (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-31851 (2BG), crashed Trun, Bul; Missing Air Crew Report 3364.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-31683 Details
Mid-aid-collision with B-17 #42-31851 on March 30th 1944. 10 KIA.
This page was last updated on 25 August 2017
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