| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 351st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | EP-J |
| MACR: | 685 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (04 July 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30051 / Nevada Wildcat
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 15/5/43; Wendover 18/5/43; Kearney 23/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP- ] Thorpe Abbotts 1/6/43; Missing in Action La Pallice 4/7/43 with Bob Pearson, Co-pilot: Melville Boyd{broke arm], Navigator: Bruce Rinker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Goss, Radio Operator: Randall Villa, Ball turret gunner: Everett Moore, Waist gunner: John Westwood, Waist gunner: Lorrie Rutledge,Tail gunner: Albt Purcell (9 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: John Dunbar (evaded capture); ship lost power on two engines, and a third shot out by Me 109, crashed three miles W of La Pallice, near Isle D’Orlean, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 685. NEVADA WILDCAT.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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16. March 2023 access_time 0:15
My dad, Jack Goss was on this crew. He was captured, I had thought with all but Dunbar. POW in Stalag 17-B. This was the ship’s maiden bombing run . Dunbar wrote a book about his escape with help from French resistance called “Escape Through the Pyrenees “.