B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31125 / No Regrets

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B-17 42-31125 / No Regrets

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Harvard 10/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR-J] Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Cognac 31/12/43 with Milton Moore, Navigator: Jerome Abrams, Bombardier: Dave Botello, Radio Operator: John Reagan, Ball turret gunner: Dan Norton,Tail gunner: Harrell Strawn (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jim Coleman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ted Troy, Waist gunner: Wilbur Teapole (3 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Ed Knapp (evaded capture); flak, crashed Gimeux, near target, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1769. NO REGRETS.

Last updated: 12. September 2021

B-17 42-31125 / No Regrets Details

B-17G 42-31125 dropped out of formation over target area between 1225 and 1230 hours at 15500 ft. #1 and #2 engines on fire. 3 to 5 chutes were observed.

Eyewitness Statement

2nd Lt. Milton R. Moore, pilot of aircraft B-17-G 42-31125 was flying number five position in the lead squadron and was stacked high.

After turning at the I. P., Lt Moore was hi t by a direct burst of flak approximatily ten seconds before the bomb release line. The flak burst between the number two engine and the cockpit of his airplane. With his number two engine on fire and the plane apparently out of control, Lt. Moore released his bombs and started to peel out of formation to the left. The plane lost altitude quickly and when last seen, two men bad parachuted from the plane. I did not see the plane break up in air or see it crash.

2Lt. Richard E. Fouts

Source: MACR 1769

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