Source:
www.forcedlandingcollection.se
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-115-BO: 42-30617 to 42-30731 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 562nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | M |
| MACR | 3080 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by mechanical fault, interned, Out of gas (24 February 1944) |
| Missions: | 32 |
History of
B-17 42-30661 / Veni Vidi Vici
Delivered Amarillo 7/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 3/9/43; MIA Rostock 24/2/44 Pilot: Albt Montgomery, Co-Pilot: Russ Tyler, Navigator: Howard Carpenter, Bombardier: Jim Driscoll, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Doyle Thomas, Radio Operator: Bob Anliker, Ball Turret Gunner: Graham Nye, Waist Gunner: Bob Oda, Waist Gunner: Rolland Trantner, Tail Gunner: Bob Buckler. (10INT); mechanical problem and losing gas, forced landing Rinkaby, Sweden. MACR 3080. VENI, VIDI, VICI. (Became Swedish air liner SE-BAK, WO 12/46.)
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-30661 / Veni Vidi Vici Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Albert R. Montgomery Jr. | INT | - |
| CP | 1LT | Russell R. Tyler | INT | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Howard B. Carpenter | INT | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | James P. Driscoll | INT | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Doyle A. Thomas | INT | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert R. Anliker | INT | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Graham D. Nye Jr. | INT | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Robert E. Oda | INT | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Roland G. Tranter | INT | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Robert W. Buckler | INT | - |
This page was last updated on 09 February 2019
13. May 2024 access_time 22:29
I would like to connect with any family members of those aboard this B17 when it landed in Sweden on February 24, 1944. My dad was the tail gunner.
27. February 2025 access_time 19:18
Aloha Jack! I am a WWII researcher specifically documenting US Airmen that interned in Sweden during WWII. Ive travelled to Sweden on several occasions and have contacts both here in the US and in Sweden that can be of some help. Send me an email and we can see about getting in you in contact with others from the Veni Vidi Vici crew and their next of kin. Warm regards from Los Angeles! Moi-