Production-block:
B-17G-10-BO: 42-31232 to 42-31331
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 349th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XR-X
MACR: 2382
History of
B-17 42-31265
Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Wilmington 3/12/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-X] Thorpe Abbotts 14/12/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Dale Croft (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Don Carr, Navigator: Des Laird, Bombardier: Farmer Rains, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marion McMullen, Radio Operator: Winston Adkins, Ball turret gunner: Jack Bailey, Waist gunner: Jim Hellman, Waist gunner: John McKeever,Tail gunner: Marvin Rusten (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Eldagsen, S of Volksen, three miles E of Springe, 12 miles SW of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2382.
Last updated: 19. May 2017
B-17 42-31265 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Dale O. Croft | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Donald Carr | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Desmond E. Laird | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Farmer E. Rains | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Marion J. McMullen | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Winston Adkins | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Jack L. Bailey | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John J. McKeever | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Jerome A. Hellmann | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Marvin P. Rusten | POW | - |
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