Production-block:
B-17G-25-DL: 42-37989 to 42-38083
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 509th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: RQ-X, RQ-P
MACR: 3239 / KSU/ME/KU: 1241
History of
B-17 42-38032 / My Gal
Delivered Cheyenne 22/11/43; Kearney 5/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-X, RQ-P] Polebrook 27/12/43; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 18/3/44 with Ray Neuberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Sharp, Radio Operator: Ira Houk, Ball turret gunner: Bob Workman,Tail gunner: Neal Quigley (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bob Swenson, Navigator: Chas Finklestein, Bombardier: Bill Manley, Waist gunner: David Eckes, Waist gunner: Lewis Lowans (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4, crashed Heiligkrueztal, 12 miles NE of Singmaringen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3239. MY GAL.
Last updated: 2. July 2022
B-17 42-38032 / My Gal Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Raymond E. Neuberg | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Robert L. Swenson | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Charles L. Finkelstein | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | William A. Manley | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Earl E. Sharp | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Ira Houk | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Robert Workman | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | David W. Eckes | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Lewis A. Lowans | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Neal M. Quigley | POW | - |
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