Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 413th Bomb Squadron, 546th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BK-K |
| MACR | 1725 |
| Fate: |
, Out of gas (20 December 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-29935 / Pulmadique aka The Cat’s Sass
Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 26/3/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 27/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; Transferred: 546BS/384BG [BK-K] Grafton Underwood 14/8/43; MIA Bremen 20/12/43 Pilot: Jim Carnes, Co-Pilot: Bill Parsons, Navigator: Bob Pue, Bombardier: Jacob Kahn, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Mark Meyer, Ball Turret Gunner: Frank Doss, Waist Gunner: Bill Tragellas, Waist Gunner: Marvin McLain, Tail Gunner: Jerry Crow (9POW), Radio Operator: Bob Wetherbee (KIA); crew’s first mission, ran out of gas & ditched North Sea. MACR 1725. THE CAT’S SASS.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 19 October 2018
28. September 2025 access_time 4:48
‘Pulmadique’, 42-9935, appears in “Target for Today”, a documentary on the US 8th Air Force’s bombing campaign against Germany in World War 2.