Source:
100thbg.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-100-BO: 42-30332 to 42-30431 |
| Delievered: | Cheyenne |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 350th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | LN-U |
| MACR | 687 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (06 September 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30335 / Sans Finis
Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 2/7/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-U] Thorpe Abbotts 4/7/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Walter Grenier, Co-pilot: Mike D’Amato, Navigator: Saul Trauner, Bombardier: Dave Plant, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Aufschlag, Radio Operator: Carl Phillips, Ball turret gunner: Tony Fusco, Waist gunner: Francis Donnellan,Tail gunner: Bob Schrum (9 Prisoner of War): Waist gunner: Bill Chang (Killed in Action); flak KO’d #1 and #3, crash landed Colmar, Fr. (?Villingen, NW of Donaueschingen, Ger?); Missing Air Crew Report 687. SANS FINIS.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-30335 / Sans Finis Details
Saw A/C #335 at Colmar, France nose down through attacking fighers. No 1. and No 3. engines dead. Eight chutes seen.
2Lt. William H. McDonald
Source: MACR 687
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