Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-75-BO: 42-29832 to 42-29931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 379th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 524th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | WA-K/I |
| MACR | 1762 |
| KSU/ME/KU: | 27 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (12 August 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-29898 / Scarlett O’Hara
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/43; Sioux City 19/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Bangor 13/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-K/I] Kimbolton 22/4/43; Missing in Action Bochum 12/8/43 with Ralph Osborne, Radio Operator: Mildred Fambrough, Ball turret gunner: Larry Truman, Waist gunner: Warren Dayton, Waist gunner: Chas Irwin,Tail gunner: Howie Scruggs (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Les Jones, Navigator: Bill Hand, Bombardier: Tom Wickham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pat Keenan (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed near Metternich, NW of Bonn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1762.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-29898 / Scarlett O’Hara Details
From MACR:
We had been shot up pretty bad but were still flying! The Last thing we heard on the inter-phone was a report that almost all of our guns were out & then the pilot was cursing the Huns just before he gave the order to bailout. Lt Osborne was still at the controls when the Co-Pilot & Engineer bailed. They said he had his chest chute on & told them to go that he would be right behind them but as they left the ship they saw the cockpit section was engulfed in flames. Then the aircraft exploded.
B-17 42-29898 / Scarlett O’Hara Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Ralph H. Osborne | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Leslie E. Jones | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | William D. Hand | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Thomas C. Wickham | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Patrick J. Keenan | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Mildred O. Fambrough | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Lawrence E. Truman | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Warren T. Dayton | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Charles B. Irwin | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Howard R. Scruggs | KIA | - |
This page was last updated on 27 February 2020
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