Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 368th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BO-D
MACR: 518
History of
B-17 42-30163
Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Memphis 30/4/43; Presque Is 20/5/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-D] Thurleigh 23/5/43; MIA Stuttgart 6/9/43 Pilot: Wesley Peterson, Navigator: Don Phillips, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Utley, Ball Turret Gunner: Fred Huntzinger, Tail Gunner: Doug Wright (6POW); co-Ed Maslanka{wia}, Bombardier: Gus Winters{wia}, Waist Gunner: Bill Scott, Waist Gunner: George Monser (4EVD); Radio Operator: Bill Plaskett (KIA); no gas, crash-landed Sancourt, 25 miles E of Rouen, Fr; MACR 518.
Last updated: 24. October 2018
04. November 2021 access_time 8:49
I‘m related to one of the crew members.
If anybody knows more about the crash site at Sancourt please contact me.
07. November 2021 access_time 9:22
Hello Markus, base on the information of France-Crashes 39-45 , this B-17 crashed in the vicinity of Gournay-en-Bray, France.
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2596