Production-block:
B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 to 42-29731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 410th Bomb Squadron
Fate:
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History of
B-17 42-29692
Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/43; Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Smoky Hill 18/3/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Earls Colne 12/5/43; MIA Rennes 29/5/43 Pilot: Merle Brown, Co-Pilot: Otho Wood, Navigator: Quentin Sandahl, Bombardier: Bill O’Brien, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Willis Dow, Radio Operator: Ralph Johnson, Ball Turret Gunner: Edmond Hamic, Waist Gunner: Steve Ukropen, Tail Gunner: Ambrose Chott (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Chas Gregory (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near Dinard, Rennes, Fr. No MACR.
Last updated: 27. November 2018
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42-29692 crashed on the Petit family farm near Mt. Dol, France. Eight crew members were buried in Dinard, France prior to being moved to the American Cemetery in St. James. Ambrose Chott was buried elsewhere (he had been shot from the aircraft earlier in the engagement). Sgt. Charles Gregory (tail gunner) survived the war, but passed away in Michigan on April 1, 2004.