Source:
www.388bg.info
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-105-BO: 42-30432 to 42-30531 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 560th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | ??-L |
| MACR | 3136 |
| Fate: |
, interned (06 September 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30478 / Impatient Virgin II
Delivered Dallas 9/6/43; Smoky Hill 10/7/43; Dow Fd 15/7/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG [L] Knettishall 18/7/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Bill Beecham, Co-pilot: Barlow Brown, Navigator: Ray Beplat, Bombardier: Sam Beatty, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jewell Delamar, Radio Operator: Oliver Happy, Ball turret gunner: Bill Ballard, Waist gunner: Tom McGee, Waist gunner: Wayne Fox,Tail gunner: John McNeill (10INT); enemy aircraft, force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 3136. (Rep and used by Swiss AF); Returned to the USA Grenier 23/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/10/45. IMPATIENT VIRGIN II.
B-17 42-30478 / Impatient Virgin II Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | William P. Beecham | INT | - |
| CP | F/O | Barlow D. Brown | INT | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Raymond F. Beplat | INT | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Samuel H. Beatty | INT | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Jewell W. Delemar | INT | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Oliver F. Happy | INT | - |
| BT | S/SGT | William D. Ballard | INT | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Thomas D. McGee | INT | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Wayne G. Fox | INT | - |
| TG | S/SGT | John A. McNeil | INT | - |
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