Production-block:
B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 338th Bomb Squadron
- 427th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BX-R
MACR: 4576
History of
B-17 42-102525
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Gr Island 21/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 427BS/303BG Molesworth 9/4/44; Transferred: 338BS/96BG [BX-R] Snetterton 10/4/44; MIA Berlin 8/5/44 Pilot: Chas Birdsey, Co-Pilot: Bill Hayes, Navigator: Alf Hauser, Bombardier: John Bailey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Bondy, Radio Operator: Bill Baumann, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Ball, Waist Gunner: John Burke, Waist Gunner: Dick Kennedy, Tail Gunner: Jack Roseborough (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Holtorf, near Schwarmerheide, Germany. MACR 4576.
Last updated: 21. April 2019
20. April 2019 access_time 23:21
The name of the TT Gunner is Bondy, not Bandy.//Respectfully, Charles Bondy
21. April 2019 access_time 17:05
Thank you!
I have corrected the name.
17. December 2021 access_time 10:06
My great-uncle John David Burke, jr. was one of the waist gunners on this plane. He was only 20 years old when he flew this, his last mission.