B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31218 / ETO-Itis

History of
B-17 42-31218 / ETO-Itis

Delivered Cheyenne 5/10/43; Gr Island 16/10/43; Wilmington 1/11/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-E] Framlingham 15/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with John Burke, Co-pilot: Chas Hadfield (evaded until Aug 1944), Navigator: Howard Richardson, Bombardier: Andrea Montello, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Graney, Ball turret gunner: Angelo Gambino, Tail gunner: Jerome Vilk (7 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Woodrow Tarleton, Waist gunner: Earl Lambert (2 evaded – both returned to UK by 11 September 1944); Radio Operator: Jim Harnish (KIA-body found in wreckage); Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Lok Farm, Baarlo, near Blokzijl, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 2804. ETO-ITIS.

Last updated: 22. December 2019

Related web sites about the B-17 42-31218 / ETO-Itis

1. http://www.teunispats.nl/t3392.htm
2. http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/423.html