Source:
www.388bg.info
| 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 |
| RCL | T |
| MACR | 3083 |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged, interned (06 March 1944) |
| Missions: | 22 |
History of
B-17 42-31163 / A Good Ship and A Happy Ship
Delivered Cheyenne 27/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Nashville 12/10/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 14/10/43; MIA Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Chas Wallace, Co-Pilot: Edwin Gilroy, Navigator: Dick Kohn, Bombardier: Marvin Horn, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dave Bacot, Radio Operator: Don Fumagilly, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Amos, Waist Gunner: Harry Davis, Waist Gunner: Ed Whitman, Tail Gunner: Ray Cortee (10INT); battle damage, forced landing Rinkaby A/fd, near Kristiansand, Sweden. MACR 3083. GLORY GIRL aka A GOOD SHIP AND A HAPPY SHIP. (Used by Swedish air line ABA as SE-BAM named TOM, crashed Dec/45, WO).
B-17 42-31163 / A Good Ship and A Happy Ship Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Charles D. Wallace | INT | - |
| CP | 2LT | Edwin B. Gilroy | INT | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Richard P. Kuhn | INT | - |
| BOMB | F/O | Marvin A. Horn | INT | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Raymond C. Cortez | INT | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Donald J. Fumagalli | INT | - |
| BT | S/SGT | David T. Bacot | INT | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William R. Amos | INT | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Edward E. Whitman | INT | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Harrison Everett Davis | INT | - |
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