| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-60-BO: 42-102744 to 42-102978 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | - |
| Bomb Squadron: | - |
| Fate: | |
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History of
B-17 42-102746
Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 325 BU Avon Park 1/7/44; with Gordon Thrall crash landed six miles E of St Marks, FL 30/7/44; W/O 7/8/44.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-102746 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Gordon E. Thrall | KIS | - |
| CP | 2LT | John W. Smith | KIS | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Charles W. Shannon, Jr. | KIS | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Donald L. Price | KIS | - |
| ENG/TT | CPL | Marvin J. Magee, Jr. | RTD | - |
| RO | CPL | James Dracopoulos | KIS | - |
| BT | PVT | Arthur L. Davis | KIS | - |
| WG | PVT | Albert C. Fries | KIS | - |
| WG | PVT | William M. Gehman, Jr. | KIS | - |
| TG | PVT | Horace W. Newton | KIS | - |
This page was last updated on 24 December 2021
29. November 2021 access_time 12:09
I found this crash back some 30+ years ago in a very deep swamp. This historical accounts has all 10 crew as KIA. This is not true as the RO bailed out as the aircraft broke-up. I talked with his son a years ago and he told me his father put on his chute due to the weather and just after that the aircraft broke into at his compartment allowing him to fall free of the aircraft. I have a write up in the crash on my Facebook page.
https://m.facebook.com/historyinaviation/
If interested go to this link. If it doesn’t open go to google and enter @historyinaviation then look for the link to professional pilots link.
24. December 2021 access_time 11:31
Thank you for that correction and information.
I have updated the crew list. I think the survivor was Marvin J. Magee, Jr., correct?
28. December 2021 access_time 11:40
Yes it was Magee that survived the crash by bailing out. Although the above report on the crew showed him as the Engineer / Top Turret gunner he was in fact the Radio Operator. I talked with his son shortly after his passing in 2003.