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Source:
SDASM Archives
Production-block:
B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 to 42-30331
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 331st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: QE-Z2
MACR: 115
History of
B-17 42-30243 / Nip ‘N Tuck aka Good Time Cholly II
Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/43; Gore 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-Z2] Rougham 15/6/43 NIP ‘N TUCK; Missing in Action Le Bourget 14/7/43 with Capt Willis Frank, Co-pilot: Maj Ralph Saltsman Wounded in Action, Navigator: John Wholley, Bombardier: Thurman Burnett, Radio Operator: Bob Mabie, Ball turret gunner: Jim Balvin, Waist gunner: Willard Dovel Wounded in Action,Tail gunner: Warren Jones (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Davitt, Waist gunner: Harry Eastman (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft severely damaged tail, and cockpit afire crashed Evreux, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 115. GOOD TIME CHOLLY II.
Last updated: 17. November 2019
28. March 2024 access_time 17:36
Hello, I have been researching a man called Joe Manos who served in the 331st as a tail gunner. He was shot down raiding Le Bourget on 14th July 1943. When I found this entry I assumed he would be on it but he isn’t. Do you have any advice? Could it be wrong?
Thanks so much
Adam