| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-10-BO: 42-31232 to 42-31331 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 427th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | GN-Z |
| Fate: |
, ditched, Out of gas (01 December 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-31243
Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/43; Gr Island 19/10/43; Wilmington 27/10/43; Slated 94BG, Assigned 427BS/303BG Molesworth 18/11/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Allan Eckhart, Co-pilot: Elton Jenkins, Navigator: George Arvanites, Bombardier: Bob Meagher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Nevner, Radio Operator: Fred Kuehl, Ball turret gunner: Angelo Tambe, Waist gunner: Mike Musashe, Waist gunner: Ed Madak,Tail gunner: Nyle Smith (10 Returned to Duty); no gas, ditched Sandwich Flats, Sandwich Bay, off Walmer, Kent, all rescued by Air Sea Rescue and taken to Manston, Kent. No MACR.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 15 September 2017
05. August 2025 access_time 10:45
This plane is located of off sandwich kent not walmer as stated