| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-45-VE: 42-6030 to 42-6104 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 323rd Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | OR-P, LL-P |
| MACR: | 1322 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (01 December 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-6086
Delivered Long Beach 16/7/43; Cheyenne 20/7/43; 94 Sub Dep Scott 30/9/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-P] Bassingbourn 21/10/43; transferred 401BS [LL-P]; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Jens Weiby, Co-pilot: Joe Prezzano, Navigator: Dan Harrington, Bombardier: Sid Kaplan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Everett Roberts, Radio Operator: Henry Kanfoush, Ball turret gunner: Leon Lemire, Waist gunner: Fred Stewart, Waist gunner: Gene Scott,Tail gunner: Sol Schuster (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Leutesdorf, on bank of Rhine, 12 miles NW of Koblenz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1322.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-6086 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name (First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name) | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Jens T. Weiby, Jr. | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Joseph E. Prezzano, Jr. | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Daniel J. Harrington | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Sidney Kaplan | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Everett E. Roberts | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Henry Kanfoush | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Leonard W. Lemire | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Eugene A. Scott | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Fred A. Stewart | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Solomon Schuster | KIA | - |
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03. April 2026 access_time 21:53
My uncle Solomon Schuster is listed here. I just received the declassified documents. Is it possible someone/decedents would know any stories about what happened to my uncle?
05. April 2026 access_time 8:27
Hey Sara,
since no one of the crew survived, there won’t be much stories or details.
Here’s the MACR
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/90904092
The MACR includes translated pages from German reports.
Unfortunately the German report KU 352 is not (yet?) available online.
01. September 2026 access_time 0:21
Hey Sara,
I live near the place where your uncle crashed. Many years ago, I spoke with eyewitnesses to the crash.
The B-17 was coming from the south and was probably shot down very close to where I live. A few miles away, the badly damaged bomber flew very low over the village of Leutesdorf. The local priest saw the plane coming, and at that moment, it looked to him as if it were going to crash into the church. He later said he had “prayed the plane over the church and onto the mountain behind it.” In fact, your uncle and his entire crew crashed onto that mountain. One crew member had drawn a map on a handkerchief. This handkerchief, framed, hung on the wall in the hallway of the house of the couple I spoke with. The couple were already very old when I spoke to them, and I don’t believe they are still alive today. Therefore, I don’t think I can learn anything more about your uncle’s fate now. I wanted to share this story with you because it will help you learn more about the fate of your relative.