Production-block:
B-17F-115-BO: 42-30617 to 42-30731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 385th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 548th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GX-D
MACR: 1402
History of
B-17 42-30717 / Man O’ War
Delivered: Denver 16/7/43; Kearney 27/7/43; Scott 14/8/43; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-D] Gt Ashfield 25/8/43; MIA Bremen 13/11/43 Pilot: Carl Dawurske, Co-Pilot: Jim Pierce, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Reece Cartmill, Tail Gunner: Tony Marianro (4KIA); Navigator: Bob Howard, Bombardier: Jack Kirby, Radio Operator: Don Marks, Ball Turret Gunner: Leo Moyer, Waist Gunner: Frank Northay, Waist Gunner: Lester Knudson (6POW); mid air coll w/42-39860 (385), crashed near Ahlhorn airfield, nr Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 1402. MAN O’ WAR.
Last updated: 30. September 2018
B-17 42-30717 / Man O’ War Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-39860 / War Cry on 23. November 1943.
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