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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 to 42-29731 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 381st Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 413th Bomb Squadron, 532nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | VE-E |
| MACR | 663 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (17 August 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-29731 / Moore-Fidite aka Ol’ Swayback
Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque 8/4/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43 MOOR-FIDITE; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43; enemy aircraft & flak KO’d #3, #4 feathered, crashed Ebrach, 18 miles SE of Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 663. OL’ SWAYBACK.
B-17 42-29731 / Moore-Fidite aka Ol’ Swayback Details
Statements from MACR 663
Over the target, A/C #42-29731 was hit by burst of flak between #3 and #4 engines. No 3 engine smoked violently and was feathered. No 4 engine began to smoke also and was feathered. The ship could not hold formation, so copilot waved to formation and ship pulled out of formation and flew a heading of about 220°, letting down. No fighters were in the vicinty at the time. Another ship from our wing which was also smoking, dropped down and the two ships flew together. A chute was later observed below, but I could not determine what ship it came from.
Marvin D. Lord
1st Lt., Air Corps
42-29731 was hit over target. #3 and #4 engines out. Five chutes seen. Another ship reported this A/C with #3 and #4 engines out went down in glong [sic] flide to 17000. When lost sight of. Another ship reported this A/C hit by flak and 8 chutes seen to come out. Another ship reported this A/C went down away below group with #3 and #4 engines out right over target. Two baled out. No fighters around him. Still another ship reported this A/C with #3 and #4 engines feathered, one smoking, on a 220° heading letting down gradually on a straight course. Yet another reported this A/C lost two engines over target and pulled out heading for Switzerland which it appeared he could make.
Don S. Williams
1st Lt. Air Corps
381st Bomb Group (H)
B-17 42-29731 / Moore-Fidite aka Ol’ Swayback Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Leo P. Jarvis | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Eugene E. Mancinelli | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Richard F. Riley | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | William D. Lockhart | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Harold W. Seymore | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Aythemonde R. Logan | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Charles L. Persinger | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Harry L. Stecher | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Herman E. Grossman | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Eugene E. Roehl | POW | - |
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