Source:
100thbg.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 349th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | XR-L |
| MACR | 682 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (17 August 1943) |
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.
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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