Production-block:
B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 398th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 601st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 3O-B
MACR: 5998
History of
B-17 42-102391
Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; Gt Falls 2/3/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Grenier 9/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-B] Nuthampstead 26/4/44; (18m) Missing in Action Hamburg 18/6/44 with Willard Hadjes, Co-pilot: Homer Kuck, Navigator: Dick Howell, Bombardier: John Hiller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob GibbWounded in Action, Radio Operator: Joe Ferraioulo, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Jones, Waist gunner: John Lindsay,Tail gunner: Frank Pescia (9 Prisoner of War); flak, force landed Bavendorf, ten miles E of Lueneburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5998.
Last updated: 12. July 2017
17. May 2018 access_time 14:17
Co-pilot Homer Kuck returned home and was employed at Auglaise Co, Ohio Airport in New Knoxville, OH. There he helped a young student pilot by the name of Neil Armstrong to earn his pilots license. The Airport is now named after Neil Armstrong.
17. May 2018 access_time 14:25
That’s amazing!