B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31253

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31253
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-10-BO: 42-31232 to 42-31331
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 388th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 562nd Bomb Squadron
MACR 4289
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(24 April 1944)
Missions: 32
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History of
B-17 42-31253

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Gr Isle 22/10/43; Romulus 28/10/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 2/11/43; MIA Freidrichshafen 24/4/44 Pilot: Bob McWhite, Co-Pilot: Harry Olmstead, Navigator: Martin Cullen, Bombardier: Herb Scott, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Don Winn, Radio Operator: Walter Long, Ball Turret Gunner: George Wright, Waist Gunner: Carroll Roth, Waist Gunner: Lou Thompson, Tail Gunner: Ron Honeyman (10POW); flak KOd #3 and #2, crashed Ehrensberg 12 miles W of Memmingen, Germany. MACR 4289.

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B-17 42-31253 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Robert Bruce McWhite POW
CP 2LT Harold Frederick Olmstead POW
BOMB 2LT Herbert Steele Scott Jr. POW
ENG/TT S/SGT Donald Frederick Winn POW
RO S/SGT Walter Luford Long POW
BT SGT George Richard Wright POW
WG SGT Louis Ross Thompson POW
WG SGT Carroll Joseph Roth POW
TG S/SGT Ronald Dallas Honeyman POW

This page was last updated on 08 February 2019

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