Source:
www.385thbga.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 to 42-30331 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group, 385th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 418th Bomb Squadron, 550th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SG-G, LD-R |
| MACR | 3016 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (06 March 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-30278 / Sly Fox
Delivered Denver 8/5/43; Gore 9/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Field 19/6/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-G] Gt Ashfield 20/6/43; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-R] Thorpe Abbotts 9/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Zeb Kendall, Co-pilot: Edwin Loughran, Navigator: Bill Thorpe, Bombardier: Cliff Gowen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Melvin Hickman, Radio Operator: Leman Tutor, Ball turret gunner: Reginaldo Aguila, Waist gunner: Ray Bridges, Waist gunner: Matt Avaon,Tail gunner: Vic Stoffregen (10 KIA); enemy aircraft, crashed Gross-Mimmelage, E of Quackenbruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3016. SLY FOX.
B-17 42-30278 / Sly Fox Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Zeb Kendall | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Edwin J. Loughran | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | William R. Thorpe | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Clifford Gowen | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Melvin A Hickman | KIA | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Leman E. Tutor | KIA | - |
| BT | SGT | Reginaldo Aguila | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Matthew C. Aven | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Raymond L. Bridges | KIA | - |
| TG | SGT | Victor Stoffregen | KIA | - |
This page was last updated on 22 June 2020
22. June 2020 access_time 16:42
I refer to this link B-17 42-30278 / Sly Fox, 10POW are wrong Information! All 10 crewmembers are KIA. I located the crash site in Mimmelage some years ago. The dead crewmembers were first buried at the Cemetery in Quackenbrück!
22. June 2020 access_time 16:49
Danke, habe den Status der Besatzung von 10 POW auf 10 KIA geändert.
Thank you! I have changed the crew statu from 10 POW to 10 KIA