B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29803 / Flat Foot Floogie

B-17 #42-29803 / Flat Foot Floogiezoom_in

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Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: BG-D; XK-Q/E; GD-P

MACR: 1037

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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

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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.

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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
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

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