Source:
100thbg.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 to 42-31131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 349th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | XR-R, EP-K |
| MACR | 3018 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (06 March 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31051 / Goin Jessies
Delivered Cheyenne 11/9/43; Gr Island 21/9/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-R] Thorpe Abbotts 3/11/43; then 351BS [EP-K]; Missing in Action Oranienburg 6/3/44 with Bob Koper, Navigator: George Wing, Radio Operator: Mike Tanowich, Ball turret gunner: Chas Luquette, Waist gunner: Art Frankel, Waist gunner: Ralph Zarzecki,Tail gunner: Bernie Sundin (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Gordon Lien, Bombardier: Tom Drinkwater, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Corea (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attacked and ship exploded, crashed Elsten, nine miles S of Cloppenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3018. GOIN’ JESSIE.
B-17 42-31051 / Goin Jessies Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Robert C. Koper | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | George C. Lien | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | George H. Wing | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Thomas O. Drinkwater | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Charles P. Corea | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Michael J. Tanowigch | KIA | - |
| BT | SGT | Charles J. Luquette | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Ralph V. Zarzecki | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Arthur Frankel | KIA | - |
| TG | SGT | Bernard Sundin | KIA | - |
This page was last updated on 06 January 2018
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