Production-block:
B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 to 42-29731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 332nd Bomb Squadron
- 333rd Bomb Squadron
- 336th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 42-29708 / Shackeroo!
Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/43; Pueblo 19/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Brookley 9/4/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG Alconbury 27/4/43; transferred 333BS/94BG Earls Colne 12/5/43; then 322BS; Rougham 13/6/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Maj Lewis Gordon Thorup, Co-pilot: Capt Kirk + crew (10RTD-rescued from their liferafts); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea. SHACKEROO !
Last updated: 19. April 2019
B-17 42-29708 / Shackeroo! Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | CPT | Howard N. Kirk | RTD | - |
CP | MAJ | Louis G. Thorup | RTD | Pilot in Command |
NAV | 1LT | Arvid S. Dahl | RTD | - |
BOMB | 1LT | Dequindre McGlaun | RTD | - |
ENG/TT | S/SGT | Warren F. Hoffman | RTD | - |
RO | S/SGT | Joseph R. Griffen | RTD | - |
BT | S/SGT | Warren W. Evans | RTD | - |
WG | S/SGT | Charles G. Ferrin | RTD | - |
WG | S/SGT | Eugene F. Jones | RTD | - |
TG | F/O | Vasil M. Markoff | RTD | - |
13. April 2019 access_time 21:04
My uncle Arvid Dahl was navigator on this aircraft. we have the original letters sent home to my grandmother describing the events of the Kiel mission.
16. April 2019 access_time 4:30
My first cousin twice removed, Edgar V Walter Jr was the tail gunner on this plane.
30. June 2021 access_time 14:46
I think it’s very fitting that we now have ‘Shackeroo Road’ here. A lovely tribute to these brave men