| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-120-BO: 42-30732 to 42-30831 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 350th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | LN-Y |
| MACR | 1025 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (10 October 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30823 / Invadin’ Maiden aka The Gnome
Delivered Dallas 4/8/43; Gore 5/8/43; Dallas 8/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 6/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Chas Walts, Navigator: Louis Oss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Travis Brumbeau, Waist gunner: Tom Murphy,Tail gunner: Bill Higginbotham (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jerome Wallace, Bombardier: Dick Dodson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Walker, Ball turret gunner: Henry Gratzfeld, Waist gunner: Frank Fetherston (5 Killed in Action); shot down by FW 190, KO’d #2, wing caught fire, exploded and crashed Wildermann’s Farm, Hohenhalte, six miles W of Munster; Missing Air Crew Report 1025. THE GNOME then INVADIN’ MAIDEN.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 24 January 2018
21. September 2024 access_time 1:22
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