
Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
Production-block:
B-17F-25-DL: 42-3074 to 42-3148
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 413th Bomb Squadron
- 545th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: MZ-Q, JD-N
History of
B-17 42-3122 / April’s Fool
Delivered Denver 20/2/43; Presque Is 5/4/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-Q] Thurleigh 17/4/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-N] Grafton Underwood 6/7/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Ralph Hall, Co-pilot: Rod House, Navigator: R.O. Henley, Bombardier: Warren Dillon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Homer Cocklin, Radio Operator: Smith Davis, Ball turret gunner: Albt Valcour, Waist gunner: Jim Parrish, Waist gunner: Ray Smiley, Tail gunner: Paul McNeal (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Glashutte, six miles N of Hamburg, Ger. No MACR. APRIL’S FOOL.
Last updated: 4. November 2017
B-17 42-3122 / April’s Fool Details

Photo: photos.384thbombgroup.com
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