B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3132

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/43; Smoky Hill 14/4/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG, with Capt Larry Elstead, Co-pilot: Fred Plyley, Navigator: Jim Courtright, Bombardier: Art Ciccarello, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Brown, Radio Operator: Lowell Lindblom, Ball turret gunner: Art McKinley, Waist gunner: Art Mahoney, Waist gunner: Alf Garretson, Tail gunner: Tom O’Moore (10 Killed in Service); en route from Gander, Nfd. to Prestwick, Scotland, and to Kimbolton 23/4/43; radio op in another B-17 heard SOS call presumed from ‘3132, no trace found. Missing Air Crew Report 3726.