Production-block:
B-17F-100-BO: 42-30332 to 42-30431
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 2nd Bomb Group
- 301st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 429th Bomb Squadron
- 49th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 1834
History of
B-17 42-30341
Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Morrison 8/6/43; Assigned 49BS/301BG St Donat 1/7/43; {2m} transferred 429BS/2BG Massicault 2/8/43; {14m} 49BS/301BG Oudna 14/11/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Missing in Action {64m} Piraeus 11/1/44 with Wayne Cherrington, Tom Riley, Walter Burry, Stan Korzeniowski, Leon Stucks, Melvin Craig, Frank Sexton (7 Killed in Action); Ray Wood, John Murray, Russell Wallace (3 Returned to Duty); mid air coll, crashed Kalavatra, Greece; Missing Air Crew Report 1834.
Last updated: 13. July 2017
19. February 2021 access_time 9:29
My great-grandfather was the tailgunner in that b-17 and survived the crash