B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30165

History of
B-17 42-30165

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 28/4/43; Smoky Hill 4/5/43; Lowry 6/5/43; Walla Walla 15/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 5/6/43; transferred 524BS/379BG [WA- ] Kimbolton 21/6/43; Missing in Action {1m} Wangerooge 25/6/43 with Paul Hartman, Co-pilot: Chas Howe, Navigator: Jim Gore, Bombardier: John Francis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Gullace, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Slagowski, Waist gunner: Bob Greeley,Tail gunner: Bryant Fannin (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jim Blick, Waist gunner: Harry Schrader (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wiestel, near Sogel, Aschendorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1356.

Last updated: 25. May 2018