Production-block:
B-17F-60-BO: 42-29532 to 42-29631
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 410th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 42-29627 / Midnight
Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/43; Pueblo 19/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Tinker 20/3/43; Smoky Hill 29/3/43; Presque Is 4/6/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Earls Colne 12/5/43; Missing in Action Lorient 17/5/43 with Ed Spevak, Co-pilot: Homer Contipidis, Bombardier: Don Nichols,Tail gunner: Walt Minor – Wounded in Action (4 evaded capture); Navigator: Allen Posey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Ford, ro Chas Morris (?John Wells), Waist gunner: Lewis Taney, Waist gunner: Don Parks (5 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Joe Melvin (Melaun) (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Lorient; (first group loss). No MACR. MIDNIGHT.
Last updated: 27. October 2017
B-17 42-29627 / Midnight Details
First loss of the 94th Bomb Group.
B-17 42-29627 / Midnight Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Edward J. Spevak | EVD | - |
| CP | 2LT | Homer Contopodis | EVD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Allen M. Posey | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Donald L. Nichols | EVD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Frederic J. Ford | POW | - |
| RO | --- | Charles J. Morris or John H. Wells | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Joseph C. Melaun | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Donald C. Parks | POW | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Lewis J. Taney | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Walter E. Minor | EVD | - |
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