Production-block:
B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 381st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 533rd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: VP-Q
MACR: 7742
History of
B-17 42-102423 / My Devotion
Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-Q] Ridgewell 21/5/44; detailed Allach, Ger. 28/6/44 with Leon O’Dell,Tail gunner: Bill Bursaw (Killed in Action); Missing in Action 24+m Munich 31/7/44 with Jack Pearson, Co-pilot: Joe Proctor, Navigator: Syd Gordon, Bombardier: Alf Guidotti, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dewitt Fontanet, Radio Operator: Bill Boyington, Ball turret gunner: Harry Hover, Waist gunner: Frank Mizer,Tail gunner: Chas Janis (9 Prisoner of War); flak damaged #1, limped on before crash landed Stafflangen, SW of Ulm, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7742. MY DEVOTION.
Last updated: 17. June 2017
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