Production-block:
B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 301st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 419th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 10670
History of
B-17 42-32104 / St. Francis
Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Billings 29/1/44; Dallas 6/2/44; Orlando 13/2/44, modified for Azon bombing; Morrison 28/3/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 19/4/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 17/12/44 with Mike Kearns, Fitzsimmons, Dyga, Tinley, Chapman, Hughes, Janlak, Mohollen (8 Prisoner of War); Ellen (Killed in Action); Jones (evaded capture & ret); Missing Air Crew Report 10670. ST FRANCIS.
Last updated: 5. March 2018
11. February 2022 access_time 7:19
My Grandfather, John D. Hayes, was a co-pilot from April to November 1944. I have some pictures. There is a small museum of the planes pieces at a church in Poland where it crashed.
18. April 2022 access_time 15:38
I am producing a documentary which includes a section about Tail Gunner Sgt. Alvin Ellin who was murdered by an SS police officer when St Francis crew was captured. I am looking for some photos with other crew members, the St Francis and of Sgt Ellin.