Production-block:
B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 to 42-29831
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 379th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 524th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WA-T
MACR: 1350
History of
B-17 42-29830 / Peter Wabbit
Delivered Denver 23/2/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-A] Kimbolton; then 524BS [WA-T]; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Erwalt Wagner, Co-pilot: Bill Barnard, Navigator: Joe Hilderbrand, Bombardier: Ken Gibbs, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Kushman, Radio Operator: Ben Radensky, Ball turret gunner: Francis Donahue, Waist gunner: Marvin Charlson, Waist gunner: Eldred Andruss,Tail gunner: Dean Yates (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, six miles W of Bingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1350. PETER WABBIT.
B-17 42-29830 / Peter Wabbit Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Erwalt D Wagner | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | William C Barnard | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Joseph J Hilderbrand | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Kenneth F Gibbs | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Henry I Cushman | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Benjamin Radensky | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Francis J Donahue | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Marvin T Charlson | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Eldred J Andruss | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Dean J Yates | KIA | - |
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