Production-block:
B-17F-45-BO: 42-5250 to 42-5349
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 360th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: PU-F
MACR: 15536
History of
B-17 42-5262
Delivered Denver 27-Oct-42; Bury 6-Dec-42; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-F] Molesworth 29-Jan-43; Missing in Action Lorient 6-Mar-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed into the Bay of Biscay, off Penmarch Point. 2KIA 8POW Missing Air Crew Report 15536.
Last updated: 19. September 2020
B-17 42-5262 Details
The aircraft which Stevenson was a crew member, left formtion and started to return to base after an attack by a german FW 110 [sic] aircraft, but was forced to turn back over France as one engine was smoking and another was feathered. It is believed by other crews that the plane went down west of Lorient, France, on Penmarch Point.
Source: MACR 15536
B-17 42-5262 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Martin E. Plocher | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Clair A. Tyler | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Ellera J. Corwin | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1st SGT | William F. Kahlden | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Henry R. Legge | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Everett E. Friese | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Louis W. Rheaume | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Robert L. Stevenson | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Edwin L. Matheson | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | August E. Tornow | POW | - |
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