Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 560th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3139
Missions: 9
History of
B-17 42-31149 / My Day
Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Love Fd 12/10/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 15/10/43; MIA Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 Pilot: Phil Comelia, Co-Pilot: Guy Claypool, Navigator: Bill Aunspaugh, Bombardier: Curtis Belgium. fy, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Patsy Sacco, Radio Operator: Frank Pilato (6KIA-all failed to board the dinghy in very rough conditions); Ball Turret Gunner: John Mont, Waist Gunner: Walter Steele, Waist Gunner: Joe Payne, Tail Gunner: Frank Zagrovich (4RTD); flak, ditched English Channel, 20 miles of Isle of Wight; MACR 3139. MY DAY.
Last updated: 31. December 2018
B-17 42-31149 / My Day Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Phillip Junior Comella | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Guy McKinley Claypool | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | William Kenneth Aunspaugh | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Curtis Charles Bellfy | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Patsy Richard Sacco | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Frank Charles Pilato | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | John Edward Mont | RTD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Walter Lewis Steele | RTD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joseph Payne | RTD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Frank Clifford Zagrovich | RTD | - |
23. April 2022 access_time 23:17
I found the propeller off this plane some years ago
07. November 2024 access_time 2:05
My uncle, William Aunspaugh was the navigator on the crew and did not survive the ditching. I met John Mont who was the ball turret gunner, survived the ditching, and visited him several times before his passing in 2015. It was John’s 6th mission and in April 13 1944 he was shot down again bombing the Messerschmidt factory near Augsburg Germany was captured and finished the war in Stalag 17B.