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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 305th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 334th Bomb Squadron, 335th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BG-K, OE-K |
| MACR | 2890 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (06 March 1944) |
| Missions: | 44 |
History of
B-17 42-29943 / Situation Normal
Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 26/3/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 15/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-K] Alconbury 16/6/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; 335BS [OE-K] Horham 15/6/43; 12/9/43 with A.R. Witt f/d RAF Morton Calence (?); 20/12/43 with A.R. Witt force landed Bungay afd; 31/12/43 with F.G. Vansant force landed RAF Eastchurch; 44m, Missing in Action Oldenburg 6/3/44 with Albert Mailman, Co-pilot: John Cassidy, Navigator: Dave Hazlett, Bombardier: Marion Beal, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Frantz (5 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Ray McDowell, Ball turret gunner: Jim Wint, Waist gunner: Wilbur Cooper, Waist gunner: Henry Baswell,Tail gunner: Bill Henderson (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attack near Haseluenne, ship exploded, crashed Ellinghausen, near Barnsdorf, 15 miles NE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2890. SITUATION NORMAL.
This page was last updated on 27 April 2018
24. December 2018 access_time 5:16
Does anyone know the order of the. Names to the order of the men in the picture? My uncle is in that crew but since he died before I was born I don’t know what he looked like at the time of the photo. I only have a few pictures of him about 5 or 6 years before he elisted.
24. December 2018 access_time 9:59
Hello Kay, the names are (base on fold3.com).
Back row (left to right):
S/Sgt Wendell Verbulecz, T/Sgt Sator Sandy Sanchez, T/Sgt Roy D Baughman, T/Sgt Charles D Schrack, S/Sgt Everett W Lewis.
Front row (left to right):
2Lt William C Pratt, 2Lt Richard H Holmes, 2Lt William P Overstreet, Alden R Witt, T/Sgt Kingsley F Spitzer
14. February 2022 access_time 14:57
Would anyone have any photos of Charles Frantz who was part of either the first or second crew of this plan? I believe he was a turret gunner. Thanks!