| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 358th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | VK-F |
| MACR | 8169 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (15 August 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-31224 / Hell in the Heavens
Delivered Boeing 7/10/43; Wright Fd Mat Com 19/10/43; Memphis 28/11/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-F] Molesworth 13/1/44; Missing in Action Weisbaden 15/8/44 with Sam Smithy, Co-pilot: Erny Boat, Navigator: Lansing Joralemon, Bombardier: Bob Klein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Fischer (5POW-all found in wreckage); Radio Operator: Archie Snoddy, Ball turret gunner: Roman Politylo, Waist gunner: Juan Bazo-Fontaneil,Tail gunner: Walt Bieranoski 4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Adenau, W of Koblenz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8169. HELEN HEAVEN.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 04 September 2017
28. September 2025 access_time 5:47
‘Hell in the Heavens’, 42-31224, appears in “Target for Today”, a 1944 documentary on the US 8th Air Force’s bombing campaign against Germany in World War 2. A long shot of a formation of flying B-17’s and in the foreground you can see the aircraft on the ground.