Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 563rd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 4288
Missions: 37
History of
B-17 42-31176 / Flak Suit
Delivered Dallas 27/9/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Wilmington 24/10/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 24/4/44 with George Gwin, Co-pilot: Chas Dunfee, Navigator: Wilbur Minnich, Bombardier: Bob Reis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Jones, Radio Operator: Gene Mitchell, Ball turret gunner: Neal Phillips, Waist gunner: Carl Kohn, Waist gunner: Elwood Dasher,Tail gunner: Roy Choate (10 Prisoner of War); ditched Channel off Calais, picked up by Germans. Missing Air Crew Report 4288.
Last updated: 27. August 2018
B-17 42-31176 / Flak Suit Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | George John (Jack) Gwinn | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Charles Walter Dunfee Jr. | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Wilbur Fred Minnich | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Donald John Jones | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Eugene Vincent Mitchell | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Neal Dave Phillips | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Carl Jack Kohn | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Elwood Blaine Dasher | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Roy Clinton Choate Jr. | POW | - |
| TOG | SGT | Robert Reis | POW | - |
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