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Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 613th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IN-G
MACR: 4345
Missions: 17+
History of
B-17 42-31226 / The Saint and Ten Sinners
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 16/10/43; Memphis 19/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-G] Deenethorpe 22/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Don Butterfoss, Co-pilot: Bob Westfall, Navigator: Bernie Boyle, Bombardier: Bob Kerpen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Truszkowski, Radio Operator: Roger McCauley, Ball turret gunner: Everett Stanley, Waist gunner: John Reeves,Tail gunner: Bill Lee (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bill Watkins (evaded capture); flak KOd #1 and #2, crashed Veldweg, two miles W of Beekbergen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 4345.
Last updated: 13. November 2021
B-17 42-31226 / The Saint and Ten Sinners Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Donald E. Butterfoss | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Robert L. Westfall | POW | - |
| NAV | F/O | Bernard J. Boyle | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Robert C. Kerpen | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Alfred J. Truskowski | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Roger R. McCauley | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Everett W. Stanley | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | William F. Watkins | EVD | - |
| WG | SGT | John W. Reeves | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | William H. Lee | POW | - |
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