Production-block:
B-17F-105-BO: 42-30432 to 42-30531
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 331st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: QE-N
MACR: 792
History of
B-17 42-30457 / Jimmy Boy II
Delivered Cheyenne 3/6/43; Gore 16/6/43; Kearney 18/6/43; Dow Fd 8/7/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-N] Rougham 9/7/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Tom Beal, Co-pilot: Hubert Moseley, Radio Operator: Chas Elwell, Waist gunner: Bob Dillon (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: George Glatthar, Bombardier: Ed Burley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Tracy, Ball turret gunner: Levorn Jamgochian, Waist gunner: Bob Hamrick,Tail gunner: Larry Sheck (6 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed near Metz, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 792. JIMMY BOY II.
Last updated: 10. July 2017
17. September 2025 access_time 5:44
Any pictures available of this aircraft ? Thomas W Beal was my uncle . He survived the pow camp and had a long career in aviation . He Taught his younger brother , my dad , myself and my brother to fly.
02. October 2025 access_time 20:55
Hello
Perhaps we can help each other.
My grandfather, who was 17, lived in Metz in 1943. He saved a pilot from an American bomber that crashed in the city.
It may have been your grandfather’s plane…
Perhaps we could get in touch?
Here’s my email:
jordanmonnier19@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Jordan
02. October 2025 access_time 21:55
Hello,
Regarding a photo, I have one.
I can email it to you if you like.
( mail : Jordanmonnier19@gmail.com)
02. October 2025 access_time 20:56
your uncle*