Production-block:
B-17G-10-BO: 42-31232 to 42-31331
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 368th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2768
History of
B-17 42-31245 / Top Hat
Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/43; Grand Island 1/11/43; Dallas 6/11/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh 14/12/43; MIA Augsburg 25/2/44 Pilot: Jim Coleman, Co-Pilot: Oscar Brown, Bombardier: Clinton Snyder, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Rex Hayes, Radio Operator: Calvin Garrison, Ball Turret Gunner: Phillip Vaught, Waist Gunner: Bill Wiersma, Waist Gunner: Joe Buckley, Tail Gunner: Fred Organ (9POW); Navigator: Louis Rodriguez (EVD, but INT Switz); Enemy aircraft, crashed La Francheville, two miles SW of Charleville, Fr; MACR 2768. TOP HAT.
Last updated: 26. August 2018
B-17 42-31245 / Top Hat Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | F/O | James R. Coleman | UNK | - |
| CP | 1LT | Oscar B. Bourn | UNK | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Louis Rodriguez | UNK | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Rex L. Hayes | UNK | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Calvin G. Garrison | UNK | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Phillip D. Vaught | UNK | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William Wiersma | UNK | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joseph E. Buckley | UNK | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Fred T. Organ | UNK | - |
| TOG | S/SGT | Clinton E. Snyder | UNK | - |
21. September 2021 access_time 19:32
My grandpa Clinton Snyder was the bombardier on this aircraft and was presumed dead after the plane was shot down and was taken pow after he escaped the crash