B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30493 / Double Doo

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30493 / Double Doo
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-105-BO: 42-30432 to 42-30531
Delievered: Dallas
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 94th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 339th Bomb Squadron
MACR 727
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(15 September 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-30493 / Double Doo

Delivered Dallas 10/6/43; Smoky Hill 11/7/43; Dow Fd 15/7/43; Assigned: 94BG Rougham 18/7/43 DOUBLE DOO; Transferred: 339BS/96BG [QJ- ] Snetterton 8/43; MIA Paris 15/9/43 Pilot: Cecil Reed, Co-Pilot: Larry Carner, Navigator: Floyd Clay, Bombardier: Dick Larkin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Harty, Ball Turret Gunner: Howard Wampler, Waist Gunner: Tom Badger, Waist Gunner: Bob McLeod, Tail Gunner: Paul Saireman (9KIA); Radio Operator: Edgar Smith (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Paris; MACR 727.

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B-17 42-30493 / Double Doo Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT Cecil Vaughn Reed KIA
CP 2LT Lawrence Scott Carner KIA
BOMB 2LT Richard James Larkin KIA
ENG/TT T/SGT Harold Leo Harty KIA
RO T/SGT Edgar Rhee Smith POW
BT S/SGT Howard Albert Wampler KIA
WG S/SGT Thomas Lee Badger KIA
WG S/SGT Robert Allen McLeod KIA
TG S/SGT Paul Saireman KIA

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