Production-block:
Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 to 41-2669
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 19th Bomb Group
- 43rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 28th Bomb Squadron
- 65th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 41-2536
Delivered MacDill 29/1/42; Assigned 28BS/19BG Hawaii 3/42; transferred 43BG Melbourne, Aus.; damaged Rabual 7/8/42 with J. Doherty, (gunner Killed in Action); Missing in Action in Japanese shipping raid off Lae, New Guinea 22/11/42, with John Frost (65BS/43BG), Co-pilot: Bob Guenther, Navigator: P/O Alan Fairfax (RAAF), Bombardier: Frank Colburn, Gerald Shaughnessy, Roger Feind, Carl Griffin, Arnold Osborn, Paul Paulson, David Thomas (10 Killed in Action) and crashed in sea. No trace or MACR. (6 chutes seen off Lae).
Last updated: 12. June 2017
B-17 41-2536 Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 2LT | John Frost II | KIA | - |
CP | 2LT | Robert A. Guenther | KIA | - |
NAV | --- | Allan G. Fairfax | KIA | - |
BOMB | 2LT | Frank M. Colburn | KIA | - |
ENG/TT | CPL | Gerald P. Shaughnessy | KIA | - |
RO | PVT | Roger H. Feind | KIA | - |
BT | PVT | Carl A. Griffi | KIA | - |
WG | PVT | Arnold G. Osborn | KIA | - |
WG | PVT | Paul H. Paulson | KIA | - |
TG | PVT | David J. Thomas | KIA | - |
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