| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-115-BO: 42-30617 to 42-30731 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 367th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | GY-W |
| MACR: | 1701 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (20 December 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30706
Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Gr Isle 23/7/43; Kearney 8/8/43; Topeka 13/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-W] Thurleigh 25/8/43; MIA Bremen 20/12/43 Pilot: Ray Ryther, Co-Pilot: Alvie Myers, Bombardier: Jay Weiselberg, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Wilmer Griffith, Radio Operator: Tom Gold, Waist Gunner: Lester Terry (6POW), Navigator: John Dennison, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Wells, Waist Gunner: Lee Laney, Tail Gunner: Lamoyne Billheimer (4KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Frischenmoor, 15 miles NE of Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 1701.
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01. July 2026 access_time 19:35
Lee Laney, the tail gunner, was my step father. His full name was Lee Ray Laney, and he went by RAY. He survived as did his friend, the other waist gunner, Lester Terry. They both were taken prisoner and spent the rest of the war in Stalag 17B. Ray passed in 2003 at the age of 82.