Production-block:
B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 to 42-107233
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 349th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XR-F
MACR: 5384
History of
B-17 42-107095 / Little Bit
Delivered Tulsa 18/2/44; Gr Island 2/3/44; Grenier 3/4/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-F] Thorpe Abbotts 7/4/44; Missing in Action French A/Fds 5/6/44 with Mark Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McAuliffe, Radio Operator: Gene Sweeney, Ball turret gunner: Don Rohasek, Waist gunner: Bill Moreland, Waist gunner: Glover Nall,Tail gunner: Cecil Davis (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Don Roth, Navigator: John Johnson, Bombardier: Ralph Kroenke (3 Killed in Action); hit by ground rocket and veered into collision with 43-37591 (100BG); crashed Channel ten miles off Hardelot, S of Boulougne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5384. LITTLE BIT.
Last updated: 25. September 2017
B-17 42-107095 / Little Bit Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #43-37591 on 5th June 1944.
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