| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 508th Bomb Squadron, 511th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | YB-V, DS-V |
| MACR | 1757 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (30 December 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-31162 / Victory Ball
Delivered Cheyenne 26/9/43; Gr Island 10/10/43; Memphis 14/10/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-V] Polebrook 7/11/43; transferred 511BS [DS-V]; Missing in Action {8m} Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Roy Parsons{+ 508BS crew}, Co-pilot: Henry Foster, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Wallace, Waist gunner: Bob Mitchell,Tail gunner: John West (5 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Erwin Cooper, Bombardier: Fred Ahlheim, Radio Operator: Casper Maggio, Ball turret gunner: Fred Bogar, Waist gunner: Gene Munson (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed St Pol-de-Leon, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1757. VICTORY BALL.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 06 August 2017
09. March 2022 access_time 0:06
I want to thank all of you for this site. I found my Uncle Fred A Bogar on this site. I never got to know him, and he was just 19 when he died. I now know where he is.. thank you.
09. May 2023 access_time 17:59
Dave Osborne has the location of the crash wrong. As per KU-572 & MACR 1757, it crashed 1 1/2 km S of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, NOT St Pol-de-Leon. GPS 50.355574, 2.333492. https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2941
29. December 2023 access_time 19:52
Ms. Latham,
I am doing research on my wife’s grandfather roy Parsons who piloted the plane that your Uncle flew in. I am glad you know know what happened to him. The ultimate sacrifice. Regards,
Thomas