Production-block:
B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 508th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: YB-K
MACR: 4049
History of
B-17 42-31955
Delivered Cheyenne 9/1/44; Savannah 24/1/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-K] Polebrook 29/2/44; Missing in Action {13m} Oranienburg 18/4/44 with Ed Apperson, Co-pilot: John Ledyard, Navigator: Bill Connors, Bombardier: Hal Marsh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Gaitskill, Radio Operator: Don Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Ray Bailey, Waist gunner: Larry Kuslach, Waist gunner: Bernie Mandella (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Chas Matthews (KIA-slipped out of chute harness); flak set fire to bomb bay and right wing, crew bailed and ship force landed Bergsdorf/Ausbau, NW of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4049.
Last updated: 30. October 2017
B-17 42-31955 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Edward B. Apperson | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | John P. Ledyard | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | William E. Connors Jr. | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Hal Marsh | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | David R. Gaitskill | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Donald E. Johnson | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Raymond E. Bailey | POW | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Laurence J. Kusluch | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Bernhard L. Mandella | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Charles E. Mathews | KIA | - |
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