Production-block:
B-17F-100-BO: 42-30332 to 42-30431
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 337th Bomb Squadron
- 338th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 144
History of
B-17 42-30370 / Little Caesar
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX- ] Snetterton 4/7/43 LITTLE CAESER; then 337BS; Missing in Action Warnemunde 29/7/43 with Cecil Walters, Co-pilot: Jim Olsen, Navigator: Jerome Boland, Bombardier: John McIlvaine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Wolozyn, Radio Operator: Ralph Lewis, Ball turret gunner: Roland Domenick, Waist gunner: Joe Truitt, Waist gunner: Barnett Goodman, Tail gunner: Frank Wade, Observer – Lt Joe Lewis (11 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-5908 (388BG); crashed North Sea, off Cromer, Nfk. Missing Air Crew Report 144. VENI VEDI VICI.
Last updated: 10. July 2021
B-17 42-30370 / Little Caesar Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-5908 on 29 July 1943
B-17 42-30370 / Little Caesar Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Cecil Walter | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | James Clay Olsen | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Jerome Handley Boland | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | John Charles McIlvaine | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Joseph Anthony Wolozyn | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Ralph Edward Lewis | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Rowland Domenick | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joseph Hamilton Truitt | KIA | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Barnett Henry Goodman | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Frank G. Wade, Jr. | KIA | - |
| OBS | 2LT | Joseph K. Lewis | KIA | - |
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