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Source:
100thbg.com
Production-block:
B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 351st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: EP-D
MACR: 689
History of
B-17 42-30057 / Raunchy
Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 15/5/43; Wendover 21/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-D] Thorpe Abbbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6 September 1943 with Pilot Captain Sam R. TurnerWounded in Action, Co-pilot: William R. Freund, Navigator: Morris Weinberg, Bombardier: Vance Boswellwounded in action-lost left arm and eye, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harold Smith, Radio Operator: Carmine A. Gallo, Left Waist gunner: James E. Speakman, Right Waist gunner: Carter F. Thornton,Tail gunner: DeWitt J. Wier (9 Interned in Switzerland. Ball turret gunner Joseph J. Moloney was Killed in Action – KIA. Enemy aircraft, ditched Lake Constance, Romanshorn, Switzerland; Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 689.
Last updated: 3. May 2017
B-17 42-30057 / Raunchy Details
More information:
B-17 42-30057 / Raunchy Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Sam R. Turner | INT | - |
| CP | 2LT | William R. Freund | INT | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Morris Weinberg | INT | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Vance R. Boswell | INT | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Harold W. Smith | INT | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Carmine A. Gallo | INT | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Joseph F. Maloney | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Carter F. Thornton | INT | - |
| WG | SGT | James E. Speakman | INT | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Dewitt J. Wier | INT | - |
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