B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30031

History of
B-17 42-30031

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 24/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 9/6/43; Missing in Action Villacoublay 26/6/43 with Harry Burgeon, Co-pilot: Vic Kress, Navigator: Dave Wilmont, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Peckham, Radio Operator: Harry McFarland, Waist gunner: Ed Costello,Tail gunner: Henry Ullmer (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Tom Hunt, Ball turret gunner: Bill Aguiar, Waist gunner: Roland Jenkins (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft KO’d #1, ship crash landed Bernouville, near Gisors, between Beauvais & Rouen, Fr. No MACR..

Last updated: 22. July 2017