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Source:
95thbg.org
Production-block:
B-17G-55-BO: 42-102544 to 42-102743
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 412th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: QW-Z
MACR: 7701
History of
B-17 42-102700 / I’ll Get By
Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Dow Fd 3/5/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Z] Horham 4/5/44; 22m, Missing in Action Paris 2/8/44 with Capt Bob Baber, Co-pilot: Jasper Kaylor, Navigator: Ray Dallas, Bombardier: Frank Sohm, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Oscar Walrod, Radio Operator: Bill Hill, obs-Capt Elmer Bockman mission pilot (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Don Phillips, Waist gunner: Barney Lipkin,Tail gunner: Walt Collyer (3 Prisoner of War); flak set left wing on fire, crashed Cesny-aux-Vignes, SE of Caen, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 7701. I’LL GET BY.
Last updated: 18. September 2020
B-17 42-102700 / I’ll Get By Details
B-17G 42-102700 piloted by Capt. Robert O. Baber, was seen to be hit by flak going into the target at 1753 hours at 49°00’N 00°05’E. This aircraft had moved from the low group into the lead position because of equipment trouble found by wing leader. The left wing was hit, the wing tip broke off and the wing burst into flame. The aircraft slide down to the left with fire spreading. After loosing altitude and dropping back it exploded violently and other crews report bodies thrown out. Three chutes were seen to open. The aircraft then crashed into ground at 1754 hours at the above coordinates.
Source: MACR 7701
B-17 42-102700 / I’ll Get By Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Robert O. Baber | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | Jasper W. Kaylor, Jr. | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Raymond D. Dallas | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Frank T. Sohm | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Oscar C. Walrod | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert V. Hill | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Donald W. Phillips | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Barney Lipkin | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Walter J. Collyer, Jr. | POW | - |
| OBS | CPT | Elmer E. Bockman | KIA | Command Pilot |
05. October 2018 access_time 19:21
. please see air & space smithsonian nov 2018
Issue for picture of crew of. “I’ll Get By”!…R.I.P.
02. March 2024 access_time 1:56
My father Robert F Margerum was navigator on the Ill Get By stationed in Foggia Italy. He was called
from his crew as a replacement for another plane and was not on the flight when she went down. I am trying to confirm all the details and research the missions of the Ill Get By. I don’t know the number of his group or if they were always in Foggia