B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29931 / Jaybird aka Satan’s Workshop

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29931 / Jaybird aka Satan’s Workshop
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-75-BO: 42-29832 to 42-29931
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 100th Bomb Group, 303rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 360th Bomb Squadron, 418th Bomb Squadron
RCL LD-, PU-L
MACR 3564
Fate: , ditched, Out of gas
(22 February 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-29931 / Jaybird aka Satan’s Workshop

Delivered Cheyenne 13/3/43; Casper 28/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Memphis 16/4/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD- ] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43 JAYBIRD; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-L] Molesworth 13/7/43; Missing in Action Bernburg 22/2/44 with George Underwood, Co-pilot: Joe Massimilliano, Navigator: Duane Parker, Bombardier: George Walter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mack Daniels, Radio Operator: Chas Phipps, Ball turret gunner: Tom Dinneen, Waist gunner: Glen Casselman, Waist gunner: Tom Rike,Tail gunner: Greg Myer (10 Killed in Action); no gas, crashed Channel, about 15 miles NER of North Foreland, Kent, UK. Missing Air Crew Report 3564. SATAN’S WORKSHOP.

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B-17 42-29931 / Jaybird aka Satan’s Workshop Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT George E. Underwood KIA
CP 2LT Joseph Massimiliano KIA
BOMB 2LT George M. Walter KIA
ENG/TT T/SGT Mack E. Daniels KIA
RO T/SGT Charles F. Phipps KIA
BT S/SGT Thomas E. Dinneen KIA
WG S/SGT Glen L. Casselman KIA
WG S/SGT Thomas L.Rike; Jr. KIA
TG S/SGT Gregory C. Meyer KIA

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