Production-block:
B-17F-120-BO: 42-30732 to 42-30831
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 366th Bomb Squadron
- RAF:
- No. 214 Squadron
- RCL: KY-G; SR382
History of
B-17 42-30809
Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 10/8/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-G] Chelveston 6/9/43; force landed base 23/9/43 with Bob Lang; transferred to RAF [SR382]; 214 Sq BU-B Oulton, Sculthorpe, Nfk. 22/1/44. Missing in Action RCM mission 22/6/44 with J. Cassan, S. Bryant, G. Orr, N. Abbott, A. Sharpe (5 Killed in Action); W. Milne, J. Whatton, T. Sparks (3 Prisoner of War); D. Jennings (evaded capture); shot down by night fighter crashed De Aaldert, near Bergharen.
Last updated: 9. March 2020
B-17 42-30809 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-30647 ‘Polly Ann’ on 23 September 1943. Returned saftly.
B-17 42-30809 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | --- | John Douglas Cassan | KIA | - |
| NAV | --- | George Orr | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | --- | Sydney Herbert Bryant | KIA | - |
| RO | --- | W. Milne | POW | - |
| BT | --- | Alex Sharpe | KIA | - |
| WG | --- | Douglas R. Jennings | EVD | - |
| WG | --- | Norman William Stanley Abbott | KIA | - |
| TG | --- | J.H. Whatton | POW | - |
| --- | --- | Tom S. Sparks | POW | - |
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