B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30142 / Pistol Packin Mama

B-17 #42-30142 / Pistol Packin Mamazoom_in

Source:
www.388bg.info

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: SU-L

MACR: 3123

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History of
B-17 42-30142 / Pistol Packin Mama

Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/43; Sioux City 30/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 22/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-L] Grafton Underwood 29/9/43; transferred 560BS/388BG Knettishall /43; Missing in Action 35m Gelsenkirchen 5/11/43 with Roy Walker, Navigator: Ken Haines, Bombardier: Don Naughton, Radio Operator: George Harper, Waist gunner: Luther Hawkins (5 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bill Marshall, Ball turret gunner: Bob Feese (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Koenig, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Shaver,Tail gunner: John Buckner (3 evaded capture after escaping from POW train); flak, crash landed Ijzendijke, eight miles SE of Flushing, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 3123. PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA.

Last updated: 28. August 2017

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B-17 42-30142 / Pistol Packin Mama Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Roy Miller Walker POW
CP 2LT William Jackson Koenig POW/ESC
BOMB 2LT Donald George Naughton POW
ENG/TT T/SGT Kenneth D. Shaver POW/ESC
RO S/SGT George Walter Harper POW
BT SGT Robert Burl Feese KIA
WG SGT Luther Harding Hawkins POW
WG SGT William Preston Marshall Jr. KIA
TG SGT John Ramsey Buckner Jr. POW/ESC

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