| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 335th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | OE-Y |
| MACR | 217 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (30 July 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30192
Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Dow Fd 5/6/43; Assigned 379 Kimbolton 5/6/43; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-Y] Horham 27/6/43; 5m, Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with Bob Jutzi, Co-pilot: R.D. Paterson, Bombardier: Wilbur Collins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Knotts (4 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Ralph Guinzburgdied in captivity 29/11/43, Ball turret gunner: Leland Bernhardt, Waist gunner: Warren Wylie, Waist gunner: Philbert Corneau (4 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bob Randallbody washed up at Flushing later in day,Tail gunner: Harry Jordan (2 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #3 causing severe damage & no oxygen; ditched six miles off Dover, Kent, picked up by RAF Walrus Air Sea Rescue X9526, but had to taxi back to shore; Missing Air Crew Report 217.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 27 July 2017
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