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: | , 532nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | VE-G |
| MACR | 1397 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (08 October 1943) |
| Missions: | 8 |
History of
B-17 42-30009 / Feather Merchant
Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; Presque Is 21/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-G] Ridgewell 25/5/43 Pilot: Leo Jarvis, Gene Mancinelli, Dick Riley, Bill Lockhart, Harry Seymore, Warren Heintz, Harry Strecher, Chas Persinger, Gene Roehl, Herman Grossman; MIA {5m} Bremen 8/10/43 w/Jack Pry, Co-Pilot: Cecil Quinley, Navigator: Roger Burwell, Bombardier: Theo Snyder, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed LaPointe, Radio Operator: Russ Frauschti, Waist Gunner: Carl Baird, Tail Gunner: Martin Brandt (8POW), Ball Turret Gunner: Irvin Smith, Waist Gunner: Alf Johnson (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Hagewede-Brockum, 10 miles S of Diepholz, Germany. MACR 1397. FEATHER MERCHANT.
B-17 42-30009 / Feather Merchant Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Jack S. Pry | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Cecil W. Quinley | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Roger W. Burwell | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Theodore F. Snyder | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Edward E. La Pointe | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Russel E. Frautschi | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Irwin W. Smith | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Carl. L. Baird | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Alfred A. Johnson | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Martin D. Brandt | POW | - |
This page was last updated on 23 August 2018
05. June 2021 access_time 2:35
My Dad was Edward R LaPointe. I have more info and a book I’d like to share on internet if possible. Thanks
13. September 2021 access_time 18:09
My stepdad- Herman Grossman- was listed on the original Feather Merchant crew, if I read that correctly, and Feather Merchant is the name I remember from his stories, but his crew must have been transferred to another plane #42-29731 / Moore-Fidite aka Ol’ Swayback- which was shot down on 8/17/43, and he ended up in Stalag 17. My stepbrother may have more information.