Production-block:
B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 to 42-31431
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 365th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 4869
History of
B-17 42-31402
Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Nashville 29/11/43; Assigned: 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 22/12/43; MIA Saarbruken 11/5/44 Pilot: AlexThomaides, Co-Pilot: Bernard Controulis, Navigator: Foster Stolp, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Stanford Goldberg, Radio Operator: Harry Davis, Ball Turret Gunner: Dick Grider, Tail Gunner: Bernie Fair (7KIA); Bombardier: Bill Price, Waist Gunner: George Hobbs, Waist Gunner: Ed Thomalen (3POW); flak set aircraft on fire, crashed Drahzugweiher, near Saarbruken,Germany. MACR 4869.
Last updated: 27. November 2018
09. April 2024 access_time 21:22
B-17 42-31402- The waist gunner listed here is my grandfather George Hobbs, Jr. The name of this B-17G was Lady Liberty. He along with two others were the only ones to make it out before the plane exploded. He was a POW.