B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30788 / Mismalovin’

History of
B-17 42-30788 / Mismalovin’

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; with Joe Cannon force landed Denver 7/8/43; Lowry 12/8/43; Dyersburg 14/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-R] Thorpe Abbotts 5/9/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Stewart McLain, Co-pilot: John McBride, Navigator: Phil Mordkowitz, Bombardier: Homer Glasco, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Angelo Fernandez, Radio Operator: Sam Kuntz, Ball turret gunner: Larry Bennett, Waist gunner: George Knudsen (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Claude Zukowski,Tail gunner: Bill Cook (2 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #2, crashed Channel, off Sangatte, near Calais, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2760. MISMALOVIN’.

Last updated: 4. November 2017