| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-120-BO: 42-30732 to 42-30831 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 92nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 327th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | UX-P |
| MACR: | 1957 (+1670?) |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (31 December 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30735 / Rough Group
Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Geiger Fd 8/8/43; Gore 13/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-P] Alconbury 26/9/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Mike Stroff, Co-pilot: Alex Denniston, Navigator: Fred Coulter, Bombardier: Bob Meakin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Colamonico, Ball turret gunner: Tom Martin, Waist gunner: Stan Prus (7 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Gus Struhar, Waist gunner: Tony Mills,Tail gunner: Harry Maher (3 evaded capture); flak, crash landed on mainland near La Rochelle, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1957 (+1670?). ROUGH GROUP.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 01 June 2019
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27. May 2026 access_time 23:04
Correction on B17 42-30735 / Rough Group history. It’s shown that 3 crew members evaded capture. In fact, only Tony Mills and Harry Maher evaded capture. Gus (August) Struhar was with the pilot Mike Stroff and were both captured along with the remainder of the crew. Although there is incomplete info in some of the POW lists, he appeared to be taken with Mike Colamonico, and Stan Prus to Stalag 17B at the eastern end of Austria. They had to endure the Stalag 17B death march from the camps location to the western end of Austria.
Info part of the NARA report of 1973 and through first hand accounts by August Struhar, my wife’s father.
My compliments of the content of your web site. Didn’t know their plane was called the “Rough Group”.