| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 412th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | QW-S |
| MACR: | 214 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (28 July 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30150 / Exterminator
Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 24/4/43; Walla Walla 30/4/43; Rapid City 9/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-S] Horham 27/6/43; 9m, Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Fred Hodges, Co-pilot: Jim Peacock, Navigator: Bill Grody, Bombardier: Eleazar Moody, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Brown, Radio Operator: Bob Shafer, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Brooks, Waist gunner: Dick Porter, Waist gunner: Larry Burleigh,Tail gunner: Ernie Weaver (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked and then ship exploded, crashed in sea off Lathen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 214. EXTERMINATOR.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-30150 / Exterminator Details
B-17F, 42-30150 piloted by 2nd Lt. Fred D. Hodges was seen to blow up near Lathen from fighter attack. One chute was seen to open. Nothing else was observed.
Source: MACR 214
This page was last updated on 07 April 2024
01. July 2023 access_time 8:48
I adopted the name of William R. Brown on the Wall of the Missing at Margraten Cemetery. I’m looking for any information regarding William and the crash. If you have any information besides the Missing Aircraft Report I would be very interested!
05. November 2024 access_time 1:02
Hi… my name is Bill Grody. I was named after my father’s brother, Bill, who was shot down in WWII on that plane.
I believe you may have already heard from/met my first cousin, Wayne William Grody, MD, PhD.
I have searched online many times for a possible photo of that plane and its entire crew. Although I think that I may have found it just now, somehow I inadvertently lost it before I could save it.
If such a photo exists, I would love to get a copy of it to share with Wayne, et al.. Wayne & I are now in our early 70s.
Thank you beyond thanks for your years of dedication to so many who were lost fighting for freedom, and specifically for our “Uncle Bill”. Although we never knew him, as one of our respective father’s brothers, we have known him our entire lives.
Best personal regards,
Bill
Bill Grody
51 Rowell Lane
Middleton, Massachusetts (MA), USA
bgrody@comcast.net