B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31116 / Cawn’t Miss

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31116 / Cawn’t Miss
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 to 42-31131
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 401st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 613th Bomb Squadron
RCL IW-O
MACR 4344
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(29 April 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31116 / Cawn’t Miss

Delivered Cheyenne 21/9/43; Gt Falls 14/10/43; Bowman 28/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IW-O] Deenethorpe 30/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with John Singleton, Co-pilot: Clarry Barsuk, Navigator: Jim Levey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Muse,Tail gunner: Harry Blair (5 evaded capture – all back in UK by 31/8/44); Bombardier: Glen Arndt, Radio Operator: Joe Vistejn, Ball turret gunner: Warren Lee, Waist gunner: Reed Brotzman, Waist gunner: Sol Brackman (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed in a formal garden of Chateau Desmet at Liers, three miles SE of Roubaix, Frl; Missing Air Crew Report 4344. CAWN’T MISS.

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B-17 42-31116 / Cawn’t Miss Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT John H. Singleton EVD
CP 2LT Clarence L. Barsuk EVD
BOMB 2LT Glenn A. Arndt KIA
ENG/TT S/SGT William R. Muse EVD
RO S/SGT Joseph J. Visteju Jr. KIA
BT SGT Warren A. Lee KIA
WG SGT Solomon W. Brackman UNK
WG SGT Reed L. Brotzman KIA
TG SGT Harry J. Blair Jr. EVD

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