| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 349th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | XR-M |
| MACR | 1022 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (10 October 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-30023
Delivered Denver 2/4/43; Smoky Hill 27/4/43; Dow Field 19/5/43; Presque Is 20/5/43; Geiger 26/5/43; Presque Is 28/5/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-M] Thorpe Abbotts 5/6/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Ed Stork, Co-pilot: John Minerich, Bombardier: Art Twitchell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Willey, Ball turret gunner: Paul Caveny, Waist gunner: Doug Brown, Waist gunner: Gordon Shields,Tail gunner: Ira Turner (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Gibbons, Radio Operator: Stefan Palmer (2 Killed in Action); flak set aircraft ablaze, crashed Amelsbeuren, three miles S of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1022. HORNY aka FOREVER YOURS II.
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B-17 42-30023 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Edward G. Stork | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | John S. Minerich, Jr. | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | John J. Gibbons | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Arthur C. Twitchell | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Laurence Willey | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Stefan C. Palmer | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Paul M. Caveny | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Douglas C. Brown | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Gordon W. Shields | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Ira G. Turner | POW | - |
This page was last updated on 23 August 2020
08. December 2024 access_time 16:38
Hello, My father was John Minerich, shot down in “Forever Yours”. does anyone have a picture of this B-17?
30. December 2025 access_time 19:43
Forever Yours was one of the B17s shot down as described in episode 5 of Masters of The Air.
My father wrote a fascinating description of what happened to him as the co-pilot on the airplane