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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 546th Bomb Squadron, 547th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SO-G, BK-G |
| MACR | 1335 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by mechanical fault (01 December 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30033 / Little America
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 20/5/43; Assigned to the 547BS/384BG [S0-G] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43, then the 546BS [BK-G]; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Maj Maurice Stanley Dillingham, Co-pilot: Edmund Samuel Goulder, Navigator: Arthur Claude Harris, Bombardier: William Boomhower, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edward Arthur Thomasson, Radio Operator: William Francis Sears, Waist gunner: Paul Ralph Saunders, Waist gunner: Michael Joseph Vodilko,Tail gunner: LT Ernest Marshall Boyce Jr. (9 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Claude Robert Leslie (evaded capture); mechanical problems, crashed Prum, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 1335. LITTLE AMERICA.
B-17 42-30033 / Little America Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | MAJ | Maurice Stanley Dillingham | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | Edmund Samuel Goulder | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Arthur Claude Harris | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | William Boomhower | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Edward Arthmur Thomasson | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | William Francis Sears | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Claude Robert Leslie | EVD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Paul Ralph Saunders | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Michael Joseph Vodilko | POW | - |
| TG | 2LT | Ernest Marshall Boyce | POW | - |
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