Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-55-BO: 42-29467 to 42-29531 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group, 306th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 358th Bomb Squadron, 369th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | WW-H, VK-B |
| MACR | 907 |
| KSU/ME/KU: | 314 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (14 October 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-29477 / Little Audrey aka Joan of Arc
Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/43; Salina 11/1/43; Morrison 5/2/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-H] Thurleigh 17/4/43 LITTLE AUDREY; transferred 358BS/303BG [VK-B] Molesworth 25/9/43; 4m Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Roy Sanders, Co-pilot: Henry Nogash, Navigator: Gordon Wood, Bombardier: Philip Peed, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Rozek, Radio Operator: Jim Trest, Ball turret gunner: Mathias Kremer, Waist gunner: Riker Smith, foto-Wallace Martin (9 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Martin Carll,Tail gunner: Alf Cockrun (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft struck with Me rocket, crashed Bamberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 907. JOAN OF ARC.
B-17 42-29477 / Little Audrey aka Joan of Arc Details
One Stabilizer cut off to fuselage. Fin almost completely gone. Two explosion holes in waist. Two engines gone. Hole in wing size of wash tub. Oxygen shot out. Spare bottle lost in explosion.
T/Sgt. Riker K. Smith
Source: MACR 907
B-17 42-29477 / Little Audrey aka Joan of Arc Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Roy C. Sanders | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Henry C. Nogash | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Gordon W. Wood | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Philip A. Peed | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Joseph A. Rozek | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | James G. Trest | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Mathias J. Kremer | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Riker K. Smith | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Martin V. Carll | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Alfred E. Cockrum | KIA | - |
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