Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-75-BO: 42-29832 to 42-29931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 305th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 364th Bomb Squadron, 534th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | WF-H, GD-H |
| Fate: |
, Returned to the USA (16 June 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-29832 / Our Mom aka Spirit Of A Nation
Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-H] Chelveston 18/5/43 SPIRIT OF A NATION; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-H] Ridgewell 22/8/8/43; AFSC 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 16/6/44; Memphis 13/7/44; Tinker 14/9/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge Fd 23/11/44. OUR MOM.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 11 February 2018
08. January 2024 access_time 4:09
Back row, far left, is Lt Joseph Doerfler. My father.
06. May 2024 access_time 19:19
Back row, far right, is Lt Robert (Bob) E Miller, my father. 12/25/1921 to 3/4/1985. Retired as Lt Col after 28 years in USAF.
Served in WWII, Korea and Viet Nam.
06. May 2024 access_time 19:22
If you know the names of any of these young men please post.
26. December 2024 access_time 14:31
Back row, second from right is David A McCarthy, my uncle. He was the navigator. He wrote a book entitled “Fear No More”.
20. April 2026 access_time 15:27
Hello Gary, my name is Jens Schrader, I’m from Germany. I’ve been interested in the history of the 8th USAAF for a long time. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I visited all of the 8th’s bomber airfields. I have quite a bit of material about the 8th. Perhaps I can answer your question. Here are the names of the crew of “Our Mom”: Pilot: Lieutenant Robert E. Miller, Co-pilot: Lieutenant Josef Dörfler, Bombardier: Lieutenant Edward Klein, Flight Engineer and Top Turret Gunner: Sergeant Georg Lemos, Radio Operator Gunner: Sergeant Joseph Fern, Ball Turret Operator: Sergeant John West, Left Waist Gunner: Sergeant Nat Kosdan, Right Waist Gunner: Sergeant John Bristow, Tail Gunners: Sergeant Steve Klinger and Sergeant Asa Bush. Sergeant Steve Miller was killed protesting his plane and the lives of his crewmates on his first mission, October 8, 1943. Unfortunately, I don’t know who is who in the picture.