| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-55-BO: 42-29467 to 42-29531 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 99th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 346th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 98A & 1132 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (05 July 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-29492 / Ramblin’ Wreck
Delivered Denver 23/12/42; Salina 5/1/43; Morrison 3/2/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Missing in Action Gerbini 5/7/43 with Graham, Garner, Dobmeyer, Schnellbacher, Ciovacco, Lloyd, Edwards; (7 Killed in Action); Finnegan, Shafran, Grantham (3 Prisoner of War). Missing Air Crew Report 98A & 1132. RAMBLIN’ WRECK.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-29492 / Ramblin’ Wreck Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Charles M. Graham | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Eldon R. Garner | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Paul F. Dobmeyer | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Roy E. Schnellbacher | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | John S. Finnegan | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Albert Shafran | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Alden E. Grantham | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | James A. Ciovacco | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Walter E. Edwards | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Kenneth E. Lloyd | KIA | - |
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26. November 2021 access_time 3:04
My fathers plane,he passed away in 1991,landed on a sicily farm and held by a farmer’s shotgun until the germans picked him up