Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 534th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | GD-J |
| MACR | 886 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (09 October 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-29958 / Battlin’ Bombsprayer
Delivered Denver 17/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 7/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-J] Ridgewell 24/5/43 with Alan Tucker, Earl Muchway, Dave Harris, Dick Rylands, Chas Raglin, Bill Savage, Jim Klingenberger, John Willdredge, Grover Bonsall, Dan Vina; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Jim Loftin, Co-pilot: Chester Cornell, Navigator: Hyman Beckerman, Bombardier: Stan Czarny, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Kwoka, Ball turret gunner: Gene Cyrek, Waist gunner: Joe Nader, Waist gunner: Allen Huhn (8 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Chas Silverberg,Tail gunner: Allen Alford (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Schonberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 886. BATTLIN’ BOMBSPRAYER.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 06 January 2018
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