B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29777 / Peck’s Bad Boys

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29777 / Peck’s Bad Boys
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 to 42-29831
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 306th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 423rd Bomb Squadron
RCL RD-H
MACR 125
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(28 July 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-29777 / Peck’s Bad Boys

Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Long Beach 14/4/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-H] Thurleigh 19/5/43; Missing in Action Kassel 28/7/43 with Steve Peck, Co-pilot: John Bartlett, Navigator: Dan Barberis, Bombardier: Ben Irons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Davis, Radio Operator: Bob Jones, Ball turret gunner: Dan DeFlorio, Waist gunner: John Guiterrez, Waist gunner: Walt Berthold,Tail gunner: Henry Winkeller (10 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1 & #2, crashed near Detmold, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 125. PECK’S BAD BOYS.

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B-17 42-29777 / Peck’s Bad Boys Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Stephen W. Peck POW
CP 1LT John A. Bartlett, Jr. POW
BOMB 2LT Ben G. Irons POW
ENG/TT T/SGT David C. Davis POW
RO T/SGT Robert G. Jones POW
BT S/SGT Daniel DeFlorio POW
WG S/SGT Walter G. Berthold POW
WG S/SGT John Guiterrez POW
TG S/SGT Henry Winkeller POW

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