Source:
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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, 306th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 366th Bomb Squadron, 368th Bomb Squadron, 533rd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | VP-O, BO-A, KY-A |
| MACR | 1571 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (26 November 1943) |
| Missions: | 12 |
History of
B-17 42-30015 / Flyin’ Hobo
Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-O] Ridgewell 6/4/43 FLYING HOBO Pilot: Jim Alexander, Bill McDaniel, Hubert McDaniel, Paul Tull, Germany. ld Fruit, John Lane, Ed Metcalf, Alphonse Molis, Francis Owens, Bill Howell; {12m} Transferred: 368BS/305BG [BO-A] Chelveston 22/8/43; then 366BS [KY-A]; MIA Bremen 26/11/43 w/Fred Jones, Co-Pilot: Meredith Matzenbacher, Navigator: Bill Hux, n-Chas Allen, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Cox, Radio Operator: Ed Mullner, Ball Turret Gunner: Randall Anderson, Waist Gunner: Paul Gay, Tail Gunner: Joe Daly (9KIA), Waist Gunner: Don Cameron (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Ipweger Moor, near Rastede, S of Oldenburg, Ger.. MACR 1571.FLYING HOBO.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 19 October 2018
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