Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 to 42-31131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 401st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 612th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SC-G |
| MACR | 5309 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (28 May 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31034 / Bonnie Donnie
Delivered Dallas 8/9/43; to Gt Falls with Phil Sweet but force landed Pueblo, CO 10/9/43; Scott 20/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-G] Deenethorpe 8/11/43; Missing in Action Cologne 28/5/44 with George West, Waist gunner: Hugh Russell,Tail gunner: Mike Lefkin (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Doug McKinnon, Navigator: Lloyd Nutter, Bombardier: Tom Montgomery, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Russell, Radio Operator: Bob Andrus, Ball turret gunner: John Womble, Waist gunner: Alf Morini (7 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Krensitz, nine miles NE of Leipzig, Ger; MACR 5309. BONNIE DONNIE.
B-17 42-31034 / Bonnie Donnie Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | George E. West | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | Douglas H. McKinnon | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Lloyd A. Nutter | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Thomas B. Montgomery | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Francis L. Russell | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert L. Andrus | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | John L. Womble | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Hugh D. Russell | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Alfred J. Morini | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Michael Lefkin | KIA | - |
This page was last updated on 11 February 2018
04. October 2025 access_time 19:53
My Dad was the Bombardier of Bonnie Donny. My dad claimed that his original plane was Hang over Haven! Apparently on his last mission in that plane was so badly damaged my dad and crew were switched to Bonny Donny!