Production-block:
B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 to 42-30331
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 563rd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3132
History of
B-17 42-30234
Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Sioux City 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/6/43; Dow Fd 18/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 19/6/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Lew Miller, Co-pilot: Bill Iverson, Navigator: Herb Lakow, Bombardier: Walt Koenig, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Beckwith, Ball turret gunner: Bob Lee,Tail gunner: Gus Suhay (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Ed Rogowski, Waist gunner: Bill Herman, Waist gunner: Chas Herald (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Mesnil-Soullieres, seven miles E of Troyes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3132.
Last updated: 9. April 2018
B-17 42-30234 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Lewis Martin Miller | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | William Patrick Iverson | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Herbert Richard (Herb) Lakow | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Walter George Koenig | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Donald Alva Beckwith | KIA | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Edward Robert Rogowski | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Robert Milo Lee | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Charles Floyd Herald | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William F. Herman Jr. | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | August F. Suhay Jr. | KIA | - |
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