Production-block:
B-17F-115-BO: 42-30617 to 42-30731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LN-Z
MACR: 1028
History of
B-17 42-30725 / Aw-r-go
Delivered Dallas 17/7/43; Love Fd 7/8/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 3/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Capt Chas Cruikshank, Co-pilot: Glen Graham, Navigator: Capt Frank Murphy, Bombardier: Gus Gaspar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Weeks, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bixler{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Don Garrison, Waist gunner: Jim Johnson{Wounded in Action} (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Orlando Vincenti,Tail gunner: Chas Clark (2 Killed in Action); set on fire by fighters and exploded, crashed Lienen, 15 miles NE of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1028. AW-R-GO.
Last updated: 12. October 2017
B-17 42-30725 / Aw-r-go Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Charles B. Cruikshank | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | Glenn E. Graham | POW | - |
| NAV | CPT | Frank D. Murphy | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | August H. Gaspar | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Leonard R. Weeks | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Orlando E. Vincenti | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Robert L. Bixler | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | James M. Johnson | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Donald B. Garrison | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Charles A. Clark | KIA | - |
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