B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31157 / Red Ass aka Red Donkey

History of
B-17 42-31157 / Red Ass aka Red Donkey

Delivered: Dallas 25/9/43; Gr Island 14/10/43; Assigned: 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 23/11/43; MIA Pas de Calais 13/2/44 Pilot: Don McDonald, Co-Pilot: Norman Masett, Navigator: Orlando Hamlin, Bombardier: Tom Ellison, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Larry LePage, Radio Operator: Rich Plouck, Ball Turret Gunner: John Hagan, Waist Gunner: Jim Pitts, Waist Gunner: Ed Patterson, Tail Gunner: Henry Abelmann (10POW); flak, crashed Fraincourt-St-Quentin, 17 miles W of Abbeville, Fr. MACR 2533. RED ASS, possibly (DONKEY).

Last updated: 27. July 2018