B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31337 / Hell’s Cargo

History of
B-17 42-31337 / Hell’s Cargo

Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 1/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Howard Sweeny, Navigator: Leo Dwyer, Bombardier: John Galloway, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Gillanders, Radio Operator: Henry Buchanan, Ball turret gunner: Art Parent, Waist gunner: Luther King, Waist gunner: Mearle Rohlfs,Tail gunner: Walt Davis (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Buel (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Schmarbeck, two miles SE of Fassburg, 12 miles SW of Uelzen, N of Hamburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2914. HELL’S CARGO.

Last updated: 8. May 2017