Production-block:
B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 349th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XR-L
MACR: 682
History of
B-17 42-30042 / Shack Rabbits aka Oh Nausea
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 12/5/43; Wendover 19/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Patterson 29/5/43; Detroit 3/6/43; Dow Fd 6/6/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-L] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; SHACK RABBITS aka OH NAUSEA. Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43 with Glen Van Noy, Co-pilot: Jim Evans, Navigator: Ken Allen, Bombardier: Bill Couch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Stewart, Radio Operator: Bill Crabb, Ball turret gunner: Jim Gibson, Waist gunner: Joe Hruskocy, Waist gunner: Col Bill Kennedy armourer & gunnery expert,Tail gunner: Sam Cusmano (10 Prisoner of War); Enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, then another en route to North Africa mechicanical problem, ditched Mediterranean Sea 90 miles north of Sicily, Italy, with no injuries; Missing Air Crew Report 682.
Last updated: 1. June 2017
B-17 42-30042 / Shack Rabbits aka Oh Nausea Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 1LT | Glen S. Van Noy | POW | - |
CP | 2LT | James B. Evans | POW | - |
NAV | 1LT | Kenneth G. Allen | POW | - |
BOMB | 2LT | William H. Couch | POW | - |
ENG/TT | T/SGT | William R. Stewart | POW | - |
RO | S/SGT | James D. Gibson | POW | - |
BT | S/SGT | Joe F. Hruskocy | POW | - |
WG | COL | William L. Kennedy | POW | armourer & gunnery expert |
WG | T/SGT | William W. Crabb | POW | - |
TG | S/SGT | Samuel J. Cusmano | POW | - |
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