B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3231 / The Inferno

History of
B-17 42-3231 / The Inferno

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-M] Grafton Underwood 28/5/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Capt Rich Carrington, Co-pilot: Harvey Esty, Navigator: Robin Taber, Bombardier: Capt Mike Smithwick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Schmidlapp, Waist gunner: Joe Scholand (6 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Art Brittain, Ball turret gunner: Win Smalley, Waist gunner: Floyd Wingate,Tail gunner: Walt Parkins (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Erfstadt, near Liblar, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 287. THE INFERNO.

Last updated: 3. October 2017