B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31153 / Boomerang aka Captain Joe

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 388th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 562nd Bomb Squadron
MACR 3542
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(20 March 1944)
Missions: 32
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History of
B-17 42-31153 / Boomerang aka Captain Joe

Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/43; Grand Island 9/10/43; Romulus 12/10/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43 BOOMERANG; Missing in Action Frankfurt 20/3/33; flak, crash landed Gauchin-Verloingt, two miles NW of St Pol, near Hernicourt, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3542. CAPTAIN JOE.

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B-17 42-31153 / Boomerang aka Captain Joe Details

Interview with Navigator Paul Hubert Cheek in 2013.

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B-17 42-31153 / Boomerang aka Captain Joe Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Joseph Francis Patterson POW
CP 2LT Max Robert Stewart POW
BOMB 2LT Lawrence McBride Barnett POW
ENG/TT SGT Clarence Renalldo Crail Jr. POW
RO --- James Oliver Davis POW
BT SGT John Henry Fischer KIA
WG SGT Peter Bazuk POW
WG SGT A. E. Thompson KIA
TG SGT Roscoe William Dooley Jr. POW

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