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Production-block:
B-17F-55-BO: 42-29467 to 42-29531
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 422nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: JJ-Q
MACR: no MACR
History of
B-17 42-29499 / Mama Chung
Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/42; Salina 9/1/43; Morrison 12/2/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-Q] Chelveston 7/3/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/6/43 with Larry Wilcox, Co-pilot: Nelson Miketta, Navigator: Joe Brooks, Bombardier: Stan Schreffler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wade Swink, Radio Operator: Truman Talledge, Ball turret gunner: Chas Overheim, Waist gunner: Alex Dewoina, Waist gunner: Bob Welch,Tail gunner: Joe Roche (9 Prisoner of War); photo-Chas Grigsby (KIA-possible chute failure); Cause: enemy aircraft, ditched off Zuiderveen, Oude Pekela, Hol. No MACR. MA MA CHANG.
Last updated: 19. August 2023
B-17 42-29499 / Mama Chung Details
B-17 42-29499 / Mama Chung Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Lawrence R. Wilcox | POW | - |
| PHOTO | T/SGT | Charles E. Grigsby | KIA | - |
09. March 2023 access_time 13:15
The name of Grisby is not right, it must be Charles Rigsby. I have tried to find out the name of Grisby, but his wreal name is Rigsby, he was shot down in the air on his parachute by the Germans. Of the watertower of Oude Pekela. he was first buried on the cemetery of Oude Pekela. He is buried now in the USA.
03. May 2023 access_time 4:10
The name is TSgt. Charles E. Grigsby (not Grisby) service number 18019907. He enlisted as a photographer and served as such. Too bad there is no MACR, but there is other documentation to support this information.
28. May 2024 access_time 18:33
Is there any photo of Charles Grigsby ? Or the crew of this plane.
28. May 2024 access_time 23:15
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona • Sun, Feb 27, 1944 Page 9, Newspapers.com
The photo can also be viewed on Tsgt. Grigsby’s FindAGrave.com Memorial:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49193907/charles_e-grigsby
29. May 2024 access_time 12:04
Hello,
Many thank for the photo of Charles Grigsby. Are there also photos of Robert Harold Welch and Alexander Dewiona. Both crewmembers of the same plane.
29. May 2024 access_time 12:06
It must be Alexander Dewoina and not Dewiona. Sorry for my mistake.