Source:
By Arnaud Abadie [CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 to 42-31131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group, 97th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 340th Bomb Squadron, 350th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 2395 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (14 February 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31044 / Her Did
Delivered Cheyenne 10/9/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG Thorpe Abbotts 24/9/43; transferred 340BS/97BG Depienne 5/10/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Verona, It. 14/2/44 with Frank Chaplick, Cowell, Sedgely, Baron Wounded in Action,Bradley, Grilliott (7 Returned to Duty); Householder, Duca, Murphy (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched 100 yds offshore at Calvi, Corsica; crew all swum ashore; Missing Air Crew Report 2395.
B-17 42-31044 / Her Did Details
B-17 was hit by enemy fighters. During the attack. The radio operator, tail gunner and left waist gunner had been killed. These three men sunk with the B-17 off the coast of Calvi in Corsica.
B-17 42-31044 / Her Did Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Frank G. Chaplick | RTD | - |
| CP | 2LT | Ward H. Skaggs | RTD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Thomas M. Cowell | RTD | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Armand C. Sedgeley | RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Frank E. Bradley | RTD | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert F. Householder | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Orville F. Grilliot | RTD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | George J. Murphy | KIA | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Joseph P. Baron | RTD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Tony Duca | KIA | - |
This page was last updated on 07 January 2018
09. October 2025 access_time 20:45
Made aware of this crash site 10/8/2025 from a native of Corsica in SW Arizona,While they were touring B-17 G Sentimental Journy