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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 to 42-31431
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 560th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 4243
Missions: 25
History of
B-17 42-31393 / Snafu
Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG [N] Knettishall 14/12/43; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Don Walker (KIA); Co-Pilot: Claud Patat, Navigator: Bill Underwood, Bombardier: Jack Terry, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dick Danckwerth, Radio Operator: Bob Strough, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Adams{wia}, Waist Gunner: Sam Swim, Waist Gunner: Theo Bower, Tail Gunner: Mike Kozak (9POW); flak dame including fire in bomb bay, crashed Lodge Giebel, near Parsau, 17 miles N of Helmstedt, Germany. MACR 4243. SNAFU aka SNAKY.
Last updated: 12. November 2018
B-17 42-31393 / Snafu Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Donald E. Walker | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Claude Thomas Patat Jr. | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | William Jesse Underwood | POW | - |
| BOMB | F/O | Jack Chatterson Terry | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Richard Danckwerth Jr. | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Robert Anderson Strough | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Robert W. Adams | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Samuel A. Swim | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Theodore E. Bower | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Michael Stephen Kozak | POW | - |
16. December 2023 access_time 23:09
My Dad is in the Snafu crew photo above. They flew 28 missions, mostly in Snafu and were sent home in late April 1944. He told me that the plane flew one more mission with the new crew and was shot down. The name of all the men in the photograph is on the back side of the photo (I saw it on the 8th Airforce site).
17. July 2024 access_time 5:27
Rick, My dad was the 2nd from left in the picture. He gave me this picture years ago. Passed away in 1990. Trying to find as much info as I can. Thanks