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Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 545th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: JD-O
MACR: 294
History of
B-17 42-30139 / Snuffy
Delivered to Cheyenne 15/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Sioux City 30/4/43; Kearney 6/5/43; Tinker 22/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 29/5/43; Assigned 545Bomb Squadron/384Bomb Group [JD-O] Station 106, Grafton Underwood on 14 June 1943; Missing in Action on a mission to Schweinfurt 17 August 1943 with Oliver Sweningsen, Co-pilot: Carlos P. Stewart, Navigator: Robert M. Koening, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wallace B. Dawson, Radio Operator: Joseph S. Barta, Ball turret gunner: Leon Svirsky, Waist gunner: Alfred Meyer,Tail gunner: Charles F. Tate Jr. (8 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: Victor T. Kelly, Waist gunner: Richard S. Grover (2 Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed at Stangenroth, six miles Northwest of Bad Kissingen, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 294. SNUFFY.
Last updated: 17. September 2017
11. March 2020 access_time 22:56
My father, Alfred Meyer, was the Waist Gunner on that flight. He survived the war as a POW. Ultimately returned home after being freed by the British. He lived a good life and raised a good family, all of us 3 kids believe in the USA and our way of life. His great-grandchildren are being raised to Stand for our Flag and knell for the cross.
01. August 2020 access_time 19:51
That was a tough job. Thanks for your dad’s service. We remember.
01. June 2024 access_time 2:38
I’m looking at a picture taken from a newspaper. I don’t have any information about the newspaper, however, it is probably from a Cheyenne Wyoming newspaper. In the picture are several B-17’s undergoing modifications. The only tail number that is visible is 230139. Given the numbering conventions of the day, the aircraft is 42-30139, aka Snuffy.
I have no other information to provide.