Production-block:
B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 301st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 32nd Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 42-31853
Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/43; Kearney 10/1/44; Savannah 12/1/44; Morrison 20/1/44; Assigned 33BS/301BG Cerignola 27/1/44; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {27m} Lyon 25/5/44 with Chas Bogar, Roelkey, Strieby, Schiavo, Cavanaugh, Klein, Taylor, Halverson, Hudson (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-31605, crashed mountains; Missing Air Crew Report ?
Last updated: 16. March 2018
B-17 42-31853 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-31605 on 25 May 1944.
09. November 2021 access_time 7:16
My great uncle, Augustus John Schiavo, was the bombardier on this flight. It was his final mission before he was supposed to go home. They sent his Mom, my Great Grandma, money for the compensation of his death. She would never touch their “blood money.”