B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30709

B-17 #42-30709zoom_in

Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: QJ-P

MACR: 836

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History of
B-17 42-30709

Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Gore 16/7/43; Gr Isle 24/7/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 11/8/43; Presque 16/8/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 20/8/43; transferred 339BS/96BG [QJ-P] Snetterton 21/8/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Coles Goodner, Co-pilot: Arthur Leu, Navigator: Jim Lapp, Bombardier: Howard Day, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lester Kraft, Radio Operator: Bernie Harman, Ball turret gunner: John Chaney, Waist gunner: Melvin Jackson, Waist gunner: Roy McGinnis,Tail gunner: Dick Cuirszak (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Ingwiller, 22 miles NW of Strasbourg, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 836.

Last updated: 15. May 2020

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B-17 42-30709 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Coles Goodner POW
CP 2LT Arthur Frederick Leu POW
BOMB 2LT Howard Elmer Dey POW
ENG/TT T/SGT Lester Kraft POW
RO T/SGT Bernard Harman POW
BT S/SGT John Fielding Chaney, Jr. POW
WG S/SGT Roy Clifford McGinnes POW
WG S/SGT Melvin R. Jackson POW
TG S/SGT Richard Joseph Cuirszak POW

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