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Production-block:
B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131
Manufacturer:
Boeing
MACR: 677
History of the
B-17 #42-30063 / Paddlefoot aka Picklepuss
Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 29/5/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 2/6/43 PADDLEFOOT; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-S] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43; Me 110s KO’d one engine then ship lost another before a wing snapped off, crashed Schmalgraf, five miles N of Eupen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 677. PICKLEPUSS.
Details 42-30063 / Paddlefoot aka Picklepuss
100thbg.com // Capt Robert Knox (KIA) with #42-30063 Picklepuss at Wendover in May 1943 before coming overseas
Crew 42-30063 / Paddlefoot aka Picklepuss
| Position | Rang/Rank | Name | Status | Bemerkung/Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Robert M. Knox | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | John O. Whitaker | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Edwin F. Tobin | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Ernest E. Warsaw | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Glover Barney | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Walter Paulsen | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Frank W. Tychewicz | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Alex Markowski | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joseph LaSpada | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Henry A. Norton | KIA | - |
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