| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-120-BO: 42-30732 to 42-30831 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 305th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 365th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | XK-G |
| MACR | 922 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (14 October 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-30804
Delivered Dallas 30/7/43; Gore Fd 31/8/43; Dallas 2/8/43; Redmond 17/8/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-G] Chelveston 18/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Vic Maxwell, Co-pilot: Willis Rowen, Navigator: Urban Klister, Bombardier: Andy Zavar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Silas Adamson, Radio Operator: Jerome Pumo, Ball turret gunner: Craig Conley (7 Killed in Action), Waist gunner: Herb Whitehead, Waist gunner: Chas Crane,Tail gunner: Bill Connelley (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Glashofen, near Markt Heidenfeldt, 15 miles NW of Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 922.
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This page was last updated on 10 July 2017
06. May 2018 access_time 22:21
Based on the time & location of the crash of 42-30804’s this B-17 was likely the victim of the Me-110 flown by Fw Karl Brandl, 6./ZG-76, based on the information contained in Brandl’s flight log book & in the Luftwaffe victory credits list.