Source:
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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 to 42-31131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 535th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | MS-T |
| MACR | 2243 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (30 January 1944) |
| Missions: | 19 |
History of
B-17 42-31047 / Little Duchess aka Wolverine
Delivered Cheyenne 11/9/43; Scott 28/9/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG Ridgewell 20/10/43; Missing in Action 19m Brunswick 30/1/44 with Bob Deering, Navigator: Dave Barer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wardell Horne, Radio Operator: Andy Richards, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Husvar, Waist gunner: Lloyd Jackson, Waist gunner: Wallace Scott,Tail gunner: Loren Sandford (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Williams, Bombardier: Paul Crabtree (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed on a street between Kohle & Ottbergen, six miles E of Hildesheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2243. LITTLE DUCHESS aka WOLVERINE.
B-17 42-31047 / Little Duchess aka Wolverine Details
B-17 42-31047 / Little Duchess aka Wolverine Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Robert P. Dearing | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Robert R. Williams | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | David Barer | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Paul O. Crabtree | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Wardell H. Horne | KIA | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Andrew H. Richards | KIA | - |
| BT | SGT | Floyd L. Husvar | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Floyd H. Jackson | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Wallace K. Scott | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Loren L. Sanford | KIA | - |
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