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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 to 42-29831
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- 381st Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 334th Bomb Squadron
- 365th Bomb Squadron
- 534th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BG-D; XK-Q/E; GD-P
MACR: 1037
History of
B-17 42-29803 / Flat Foot Floogie
Delivered Denver 22/2/43; Gore 8/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-D] Alconbury 8/4/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; Horham 15/6/43; 4m, transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-Q/E] Chelveston 17/6/43 FLAT FOOT FLOOGIE; 534BS/381BG [GD-P] Ridgewell 11/9/43; 6m/381 Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43; enemy aircraft KO’d #3, and ship exploded, crashed Hausen, three miles E of Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1037.
Last updated: 30. August 2020
B-17 42-29803 / Flat Foot Floogie Details
B-17F #42-29803 Flat Foot Floogie 533rd BS 381st BG shot down by FW-190s over Schweinfurt, Germany Oct 14, 1943 a week after this photo was taken.
B-17 42-29803 / Flat Foot Floogie Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Bernarde M. Yorba | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Gordon L. Childers | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Martin M. Dall | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Wilbur G. Roberson | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | William Gorgone | KIA | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Edgar H. Gracey | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Robert P. Boylan | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Kenneth O. Huitt | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Michael S. Feller | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Johnie N. Johnson | POW | - |
07. June 2020 access_time 16:46
This plane “Flat Foot Floogie” was the borrowed plane that my Dad and crew was shot down in. His original plane, “Smilin’ Through” had been shot up on a previous mission and was under repair. According to records Flat Foot Floogie was shot down a week after the photo was taken.