B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29498 / Dark Horse aka Mumsie

B-17 #42-29498 / Dark Horse aka Mumsiezoom_in

Source:
www.306bg.us

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: BO-L, PU-D

MACR: 1657 / KSU/ME/KU: 461

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History of
B-17 42-29498 / Dark Horse aka Mumsie

Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/42; Salina 11/1/43; Morrison 14/2/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-L] Thurleigh 2/3/43; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-D] Molesworth 25/9/43; 7m Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Capt Carl Fyler, Co-pilot: Bob Ward, Navigator: George Molner, Bombardier: Jim Petrolino, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Addison, Waist gunner: Martin Stachowiak, Waist gunner: George Fisher later repatriated (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Ray O’Connell (never found), Ball turret gunner: Ray Ford,Tail gunner: Joseph Robert Sawicki, foto-Nellins Egge (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Dreiangel-Harpstedt, 15 miles SW of Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1657. MUMSIE aka DARK HORSE.

Last updated: 20. March 2021

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B-17 42-29498 / Dark Horse aka Mumsie Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT Carl J. Flyer POW
CP 2LT Robert C. Ward POW
BOMB 2LT James S. Petrolino POW
ENG/TT T/SGT Bill J. Addison POW
RO SGT Raymond B. O'Connell KIA
BT S/SGT Ray D. Ford KIA
WG S/SGT Martin G. Stachowiak POW
WG S/SGT George C. Fisher POW
TG S/SGT Joseph R. Sawicki KIA
PHOTO SGT Nellins P.S.. Egge KIA

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