Production-block:
B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 568th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BI-G
MACR: 388
History of
B-17 42-30017 / All Shot To Hell
Delivered Dallas 2/4/43; Geiger 23/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 30/6/43; Dow Fd 10/7/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-W] Ridgewell 10/7/43; transferred Mildenhall 17/7/43, then 568BS/390BG [BI-G] Framlingham 14/7/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43 with Ashbrooke Tyson, Co-pilot: Chas Hinckley, Navigator: Chas Hansen, Bombardier: Elmo Peterson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Tyson, Radio Operator: Verial Whaples, Ball turret gunner: Bill Roberts, Waist gunner: Albt Van Pelt, Waist gunner: Edmund Valonis,Tail gunner: C.L. Roseberry (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, left wing on fire, exploded and crashed Bingen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 388. ALL SHOT TO HELL.
Last updated: 11. March 2020
31. July 2020 access_time 4:07
My father flew 51 missions in WW2 on a B17. The name of his ship was ” Strait To Hell “. I have so much respect for all the men who flew with such courage for their COUNTRY