Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 546th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SU-H |
| MACR | 4560 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (08 May 1944) |
| Missions: | 24 |
History of
B-17 42-31211 / Reno’s Raider
Delivered Cheyenne 5/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Romulus 24/10/43; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-H] Grafton Underwood 23/11/43; MIA Sottevast 8/5/44 Pilot: Capt Earl Allison, Co-Pilot: Capt Randolph Jacobs, Bombardier: Jack Nagel, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Clements, Ball Turret Gunner: Vernon Kaufman (5KIA); Navigator: John Curtin, Waist Gunner: Jim Grimmett, Tail Gunner: Lester Hall (3POW); Radio Operator: Bill Laubenstein, Waist Gunner: Ken Hougard (2EVD); direct flak hit, crashed Chateau de la Gronniere, near Nehou, seven miles SW of Valognes, Fr; MACR 4560.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 19 January 2019
23. August 2025 access_time 1:58
Shown in a video called Inside A WWII bombing raid… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPDIvlXYpXE
28. September 2025 access_time 4:58
‘Reno’s Raider’, 42-31211, appears in “Target for Today”, a 1944 documentary on the US 8th Air Force’s bombing campaign against Germany in World War 2.