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Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 366th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: KY-C/E
MACR: 1684
History of
B-17 42-30155
Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Memphis 30/4/43; Presque Is 6/5/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-C/E] Chelveston 31/5/43; force landed RAF St Eval 4/7/43, ret 12/8/43; Missing in Action Kiel 5/1/44 with Percy Hoag, Co-pilot: Lonnie McGee, Navigator: Hubert Fraker, Bombardier: Chas Howell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Rosenkoff, Radio Operator: Albt Croce, Ball turret gunner: Bob LaFontaine, Waist gunner: Burnette Dethlefsen, Waist gunner: Chas Maerser,Tail gunner: Lyman Franklin (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed mouth of Eider River, off Vollerweik, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1684.
Last updated: 5. September 2020
B-17 42-30155 Details
Aircraft No. 42-30155 was last seen at 1148 hours at 5350N 0915E with #2 engine smoking intermittently and the A/C was falling back out of the formation.
B-17 42-30155 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Percy H. Hoag | POW | - |
| CP | F/O | Lonnie B. McGee, Jr. | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Charles B. Howell, Jr | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Hubert W. Fraker | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Fred L. Rosenkoff | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Albert P. Croce | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Robert J. La Fontaine | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Charles D. Mercer | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Burnette W. Dethlfsen | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Lyman S. Franklin | POW | - |
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