| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 545th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | JD-Q |
| MACR: | 16378 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (25 June 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-30143 / Yankee Powerhouse
Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Sioux City 30/4/43; Kearney 5/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-Q] Grafton Underwood; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is. 25/6/43 with George Riches, Co-pilot: Rich McCray, Waist gunner: Bill Waller,Tail gunner: Stan Martin (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Don Irwin, Bombardier: Joe Deper, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bernie Anderson, Radio Operator: Freeman Penney, Ball turret gunner: Guy Smith, Waist gunner: Ralph LaVoie (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed near Oldenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 16378. YANKEE POWERHOUSE.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 30 July 2017
13. March 2018 access_time 9:37
The tail gunner (TG) was S/Sgt Morris H. Merrifield who was taken as a POW and interned at Stalag 17-B for approx. 22 mos.
13. March 2018 access_time 11:39
I think your comment is for the B-17 #42-3230 😉