Source:
www.388bg.info
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-120-BO: 42-30732 to 42-30831 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 563rd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | -O |
| MACR | 2893 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (29 February 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-30800 / Cock O’ The Walk
Delivered Cheyenne 30/7/43; Gr Isle 9/8/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG [-O] Knettishall 3/9/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 29/2/44 with 452BG crew, p-Jake Colvin, Co-pilot: Dick West, Ball turret gunner: Andy Saari, Waist gunner: John Clayton (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Allen Johnson, Bombardier: M.E. Glass, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Rottler, Radio Operator: Allen Rose, Waist gunner: Bill Mack{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: Grady Justice (6 Prisoner of War); flak hit in cockpit, crashed near Luther factory at Bienrode, four miles N of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2893. COCK O’ THE WALK.
This page was last updated on 04 May 2017
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