Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 332nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XM-N
MACR: 2976
History of
B-17 42-31141
Delivered Cheyenne 23/9/43; Gr Island 8/10/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-N] Rougham 15/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Frank Scott, Co-pilot: Bill Boak, Navigator: Willard Sayles, Bombardier: Mario Lagattiola, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Cummings, Radio Operator: Ray Soucy, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bell, Waist gunner: John Bleau, Waist gunner: Bill Rasnake (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Phil Lorbach (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set engine on fire, crashed two miles NE of Elze, Wedemasrk, 15 miles N of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2976.
Last updated: 10. May 2017
17. March 2018 access_time 4:57
Just found this entry for the first time. Dad was the waist gunner. He transferred to Scott’s crew after dad’s crew “lady bedlam” did not return from a flight he had to sit out. Thanks for posting.
09. May 2018 access_time 13:39
My uncle, Phillip Lorbach, was part of this plane’s crew (tail gunner) and was KIA on 8 March, 1944.