| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 544th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SU-F |
| MACR | 16349 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (25 June 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30049 / Miss Deal
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-F] Grafton Underwood 30/5/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is. 25/6/43 with John Way, Ball turret gunner: Chas Crawford, Waist gunner: Bill Feagin (body washed up 7/7/43), Tail gunner: Ray Dodge (body washed up later) (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Stephen Fabian, Navigator: Bob Jansen, Bombardier: Tom Corrigan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Hill, Radio Operator: Edmund Gadomski, Waist gunner: Albert Westlake (6 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft & flak damage, crew bailed then ship exploded and crashed into Dollart Bay, estuary of River Ems between Holland & Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 16349. MISS DEAL.
This page was last updated on 22 May 2018
08. April 2020 access_time 20:01
Co-pilot Stephen Fabian is my father. Spent 22 months as POW & liberated by Paton. Look forward to reading this book.
21. October 2020 access_time 0:08
hello mister fabian, my grandfather was a fisherman at the time, he saw the plane wreck up close. 10 years ago, he was part of an investigation into the wreck. my already deceased neighbor saw the plane crashing back in 1943. greetings P.J. Kuiper. Termunten, the netherlands