Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 560th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3130
History of
B-17 42-30224 / A Little Horne
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Sioux City 12/5/43; Patterson 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG [–G] Knettishall 17/6/43; Missing in Action Hanvover 26/7/43 with Earl Horn, Bombardier: Bob Bailey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Baker, Radio Operator: Everett Hobbs, Ball turret gunner: Francis Whittaker, Waist gunner: Sam DeGeorgio, Waist gunner: Horace Hoffman (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Don Wetherbee, Navigator: Irving Cohen, Oliver Deckard (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Deckbergen, 30 SW of Hannover, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3130.
Last updated: 20. December 2018
B-17 42-30224 / A Little Horne Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Earl Preston Horn | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Donald Weighman Wetherbee | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Irving Samuel Cohen | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Robert Glenn Bailey | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Robert Elwood Baker | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Everett Lyle Hobbs | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Francis Winston Whittaker | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Horace Henry Hoffman | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Sam William DeGeorgio | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Oliver Elmo Deckard | KIA | - |
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