Source:
www.388bg.info
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 to 42-31131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 562nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | S |
| MACR | 2348 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (10 February 1944) |
| Missions: | 18 |
History of
B-17 42-31115 / Hell’s Bells
Delivered Cheyenne 21/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Jim Feeney{not found till 25/2/44}, Radio Operator: Norman Kajut, Waist gunner: Marion Forbis,Tail gunner: Lou LeFevre (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Sam Gundy, Navigator: Sam Simon, Bombardier: John Drickson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Ball, Ball turret gunner: Walt Lennons, Waist gunner: Joe Smith, foto-Oscar Land (7 Prisoner of War); flak, on return crashed Hoogendijk, near Uitgeest, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2348. HELL’S BELLS.
B-17 42-31115 / Hell’s Bells Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | James Robert Feeney | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Samuel Charles Gundy | UNK | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Samuel Irving Simon Jr. | UNK | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | John Carpenter Dirickson | UNK | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Charles William Ball | UNK | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Norman Frank Kajut | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Walter James Lennous | UNK | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Marion Boyd Forbis | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joseph Francis Smith | UNK | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Louis Martin Le Fevre | KIA | - |
| PHOTO | T/SGT | Oscar Owen Land | POW | - |
This page was last updated on 24 January 2019
07. November 2021 access_time 19:26
I adopted the grave of Norman Frank Kajut in Margraten.
If anyone has information about this brave young man please let me know
Thank you
Aldwin van der Velden