B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30418 / Picadilly Commando

History of
B-17 42-30418 / Picadilly Commando

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/43; Gore 31/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Gr Isle 14/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 27/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-L] Horham 7/43; 3m, Missing in Action Bonn 12/8/43 with Ed Lemke, Co-pilot: Rueben Dahl, Navigator: Edgar Kaufman, Bombardier: John Welles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Gadwa, Radio Operator: Lee Burroughs, Ball turret gunner: Alf Silva, Waist gunner: Dan Rangold, Waist gunner: John Whitfield,Tail gunner: Attilio Martini (10 Prisoner of War); battle damaged before target, crash landed eight miles NE Malmedy, Bel.; (c/l Mutzenich, near Monshau, 17 miles S of Aachen, Ger.); Missing Air Crew Report 254. PICADILLY COMMANDO.

Last updated: 22. July 2017