| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 339th Bomb Squadron, 563rd Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 5386 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (26 July 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30198 / Guzzlers
Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Cheyenne 14/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-L] Andrews Fd 5/6/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 563BS/388BG Knettishall /43; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Aubrey Bobbitt, Co-pilot: Pete McCahill, Navigator: Larry Wiegman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Claybourn,Tail gunner: Bill Hart (5 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Gordon Amos, Radio Operator: Jim Duncan, Ball turret gunner: Paul Warren, Waist gunner: Larry Hopwood, Waist gunner: Jim Langley (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Holtland, NE of Leer, S of Hesel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5386. GUZZLERS.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-30198 / Guzzlers Details
Interrogation Report:
Lt. Bobbitt and his coew, flying their third mission, were in the No. 2 position in the lead element of the lead squadron, in Ship No. 208.
He bombed the target with the formation. His ship too, is reported to have been hit in the target area by flak and on the way back to have been hit by fighters, and to have gone down as the formation crossed the coast on the way back at 53°53’N – 07°E [sic]– several of the crew members were seen to jump but no one seems to have seen the ship crash.
Source: MACR 5386
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