| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-10-VE: 42-39958 to 42-40057 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 305th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 366th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | KY-S |
| MACR | 4874 & 7702 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (03 August 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-39966 / Swinging Door aka V-For Victory
Delivered Long Beach 20/10/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-S] Chelveston 5/1/44. Crashed near Canterbury on return from mission to Saarbrucken on 11 May 1944. Two crew had bailed out over Germany and were captured. MACR 4874 Missing in Action Merkville 3/8/44 with Ben Buttrey, Co-pilot: Bob Heithoff, Navigator: Jim McDermott, Bombardier: Bob Horn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edsel Newton, Radio Operator: Walt Crusoe, Ball turret gunner: Warren Dunphy, Waist gunner: Joe Quain,Tail gunner: Chas Newell (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed wood near Buhl, Baden-Baden, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7702. SWINGING DOOR aka V-FOR VICTORY.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 11 February 2018
26. September 2025 access_time 17:56
The two who bailed out over Germany were 2/Lt Norbert J. Stefaniak and 2/Lt Seymour Rodheim, Rodheim evaded Gestapo for 13 days and was only a few miles from Germany. Stayed the night at a monetary. Nazis showed up in thenniddle of the night and took him as prisoner. It was the Nuns who called he and Stefaniak both later recorded as POWs at Sagan-Stalagluft III
If anyone has anything they would like to share or contact me. The chairman of the board of directors is a very good family friend of ours. They are always looking for more stories snd memorabilia to honor one of the last generations that made this county great thank you. I have the vast majority of the MACR 7702 Report. Please feel free to email me: just put Rodheim in the title.
Carsten Ball
Carsten_ball@hotmail.com
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