Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-10-BO: 42-31232 to 42-31331 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 390th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 568th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | BI-P |
| MACR: | 3181 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (16 March 1944) |
| 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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 19 October 2018
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