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Source:
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Production-block:
B-17G-10-BO: 42-31232 to 42-31331
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 568th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BI-P
MACR: 3181
Missions: 21
History of
B-17 42-31262 / Ole Smoke
Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Gr Island 26/10/43; Wilmington 11/11/43; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-P] Framlingham 12/1/43 ALE SMOKE; MIA [21m] Augsburg 16/3/44 Pilot: Darold Jenkins, Co-Pilot: Virgil Fieker, Navigator: Carl Otto, Bombardier: Vernise Polly, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Woodcock, Radio Operator: Bill Hofer, Ball Turret Gunner: Larry Cascarino, Waist Gunner: Howard Grindstaff, Tail Gunner: Herschel Breeding (9POW); Waist Gunner: Ken De Vore (KIA-did not bale out); Enemy aircraft, crashed Himmlingen, near Aalen, E of Stuttgart, Germany. MACR 3181. OLE SMOKE.
Last updated: 19. October 2018
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