Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 561st Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2884
Missions: 19
History of
B-17 42-31209 / Janie BB
Delivered Cheyenne 5/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Long Beach 23/11/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 26/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Morris Bianchi, Co-pilot: Tom Reese, Bombardier: Herb Kelley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Norstrom, Radio Operator: Ed Caypless, Waist gunner: Jim Mason (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: George Hornaday, Ball turret gunner: Normans Nichols, Waist gunner: Errol Wolf,Tail gunner: Jim Marshall (4 Killed in Action); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Sternshorn, near Lemfords, 11 miles S of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2884.
Last updated: 4. July 2018
B-17 42-31209 / Janie BB Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | F/O | Morris Paul Bianchi | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Thomas Llewellyn Reese | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | George William Hornaday | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Herbert Elmore Kelley | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Lloyd Raymond Nordstrom | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Edward Francis Claypless | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Norman Byland Nichols Jr. | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | James Kilpatrick Mason | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Errol Scott Wolf | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | James Hall Marshall Jr. | KIA | - |
26. March 2019 access_time 18:46
Hello, This is my father’s plane. It was named after my mother Mary Jane, who he always called Janie. Are the parts shown from the above link part of my fathers plane? I’m very interested and my siblings would be as well.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you,
26. March 2019 access_time 20:04
Hello Margaret, it seems so, that the parts from the website https://sondengaenger-hunte-weser.de/janiebb.html are from your fathers B-17. What’s the name of your father?
19. October 2021 access_time 20:14
Hello! Sorry I just saw this, 2 years later. My father was Morris P Bianchi he was the pilot and was shot down and taken prisoner 30/Jan/1944. He was at Luft 1.