Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-115-BO: 42-30617 to 42-30731 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 381st Bomb Group, 482nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 532nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | VE-E |
| MACR | 1962 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (05 January 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-30676 / Baby Dumpling
Delivered: Dallas 9/7/43; Love 29/7/43; Kearney 1/8/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Assigned: 482BG Alconbury 24/8/43; Transferred: 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 19/9/43; MIA Tours 5/1/44 Pilot: Jack Zeman, Radio Operator: Burton Givan, Ball Turret Gunner: Harve Leroux, Waist Gunner: Ray Chevraux (4EVD), Co-Pilot: Otis Montgomery, Navigator: Frank Bisagna, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Sinquefield, Waist Gunner: Francis Cater, Tail Gunner: George Day (5POW), Bombardier: Bill Walker (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Les Hunes, a mile W of Aubigne-Racan, Fr. MACR 1962. BABY DUMPLING.
This page was last updated on 18 November 2018
14. August 2024 access_time 8:59
Info on B-17 Baby Dumpling is inaccurate. This may be the second crew, but certainly was not first. See: Bill Lofton, Bombardier-Schweinfurt raid August 1943.