Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 to 42-107233 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 545th Bomb Squadron, 546th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | BK-C |
| MACR: | 8903 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (11 September 1944) |
| Missions: | 38 |
History of
B-17 42-107058 / White Angel
Delivered Tulsa 8/2/44; Gr Island 19/2/44; Grenier 29/2/44; force landed Gr Island with Rich Buttorff 8/3/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD- ] Grafton Underwood 24/4/44; 546BS [BK-C]; detailed Hannover 5/8/44 with Frank Mead, Co-pilot: Tom Daniel, Navigator: Jerry Bryson (3 Returned to Duty), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Joyce, Radio Operator: Alex Vennell, Ball turret gunner: John Treat, ng-Howard Dillon, Waist gunner: Harry Woods,Tail gunner: Vince Castiglione (6 Prisoner of War), they bailed out when hydraulic motor fire caused intense smoke in cockpit, rest in crew brought ship home; Missing in Action Eisenbach 11/9/44 with Jim Chadwick, Co-pilot: Edgar Grantham, Bombardier: Bob Verbryka, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Virgil Brown, Radio Operator: Dave Liebmann, Ball turret gunner: Henry Schoonover, Waist gunner: Louis Merfeld (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Leslie White,Tail gunner: Ken Klumpp (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Zechau, S of Liepzig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8903. WHITE ANGEL.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-107058 / White Angel Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | James Woodrow Chadwick | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Edgar Harry Grantham | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Leslie Comer White | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Robert Merrill Varbryke | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Virgil Darrah Brown | KIA | - |
| RO | S/SGT | David Peter Liebmann | KIA | - |
| BT | SGT | Harry Kermit Schoonover | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Louis Leonard Merfeld | KIA | - |
| TG | SGT | Kenneth Bernard Klump | POW | - |
This page was last updated on 23 March 2019
23. October 2018 access_time 2:00
Louis Merfeld was my Grandfather. Louis’ son was born after he was KIA. RONALD MERFELD born January 1945.
23. October 2018 access_time 9:01
I updated the crew list now. Thank you!
03. February 2024 access_time 6:44
I had the honor of knowing Ken Klump in the 90s. He was a fine man. Was POW in Stalag 9C. Always told me the knee the Germans fixed when he was a POW was better than any American doctor had done on his other. I’m proud to say he was my friend. Thank-you, Ken for your service.