Production-block:
B-17F-30-BO: 42-5050 to 42-5078
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 364th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WF-H
MACR: 15497
History of
B-17 42-5058 / Hun Hunter
Delivered Cheyenne 6-Sep-42; Presque Is 19-Oct-42; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-H] Chelveston 30-Oct-42; Missing in Action 16-Feb-43 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Molac, France. 8KIA 2POW MACR 15497.
Last updated: 4. September 2023
B-17 42-5058 / Hun Hunter Details
The above were crew members of aircraft no. 42-5058 which failed to return from a mission to St. Nazaire, France on 16 February 1943. The plane was shot down by enemy aircraft at 1112 hours from an altitude of 18000 feet. About 25 miles north of the target, St. Nazaire, France. The right wing started burning when a fire started behind no. 4 engine. As the wing fell off the bomb bay doors and a hatch opened. Only one parachute was seen.
Source: MACR 15497
B-17 42-5058 / Hun Hunter Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 1LT | Henry M. Burman | POW | - |
CP | 2LT | Leonard E. Duncan | KIA | - |
NAV | 2LT | Dominick N. Lazzaro | POW | - |
BOMB | 2LT | Robert R. Mericle | KIA | - |
ENG/TT | T/SGT | Ralph A. Livengood | KIA | - |
RO | T/SGT | Herbert H. Burnette | KIA | - |
BT | S/SGT | Carl E. Olson, Jr. | KIA | - |
WG | SGT | Michael J. Stanko | KIA | - |
WG | S/SGT | Howard M. Jones | KIA | - |
TG | SGT | Erban L. Jones | KIA | - |
30. October 2020 access_time 16:33
Henry was my father, he was POW at Stalag Luft III until liberated April 1945.
Died in April 2000 from cancer.