Production-block:
B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 571st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: FC-A
MACR: 2989 / KSU/ME/KU: 1108
Missions: 4
History of
B-17 42-31935 / Stark’s Ark
Delivered Cheyenne 7/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-A] Framlingham 10/2/44; Missing in Action (4m) Berlin 6/3/44 with Bob Starks, Navigator: Chas Stitzer, Bombardier: Bob Collins (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Edwin Kirschner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Brown, Radio Operator: Glen Murray, Ball turret gunner: John Carr, Waist gunner: Stan Pasovitch, Waist gunner: Steve Sozanski,Tail gunner: Placido Sanchez (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, setting #2 and wing on fire crashed two miles SW of Hemmelte, SW of Cloppenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2989. STARK’S ARK.
Last updated: 6. March 2021
B-17 42-31935 / Stark’s Ark Details
At 1200 hours, A/C 935, 390th Group, attacked by fighters in vicinity of Diepholz Airdrome with #2 engine and right wing on fire. Peeled out of formation to left and dropped below formation. When last seen was under control but losing altitude. Nine (9) chutes seen.
Source: MACR 2989
B-17 42-31935 / Stark’s Ark Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Robert F. Starks | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Edwin K. Kirschner | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Charles D. Stitzer | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Robert E. Collins | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Clarence W. Brown | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Glen E. Murry | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | John F. Carr | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Stanley Pasovitch | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Steven J. Sozanski | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Plácido L. Sanchez, Jr. | POW | - |
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