Production-block:
B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 to 42-31431
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 2nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 20th Bomb Squadron
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History of
B-17 42-31416
Delivered Cheyenne 1/11/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 10/12/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Lloyd Withers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Segal, Radio Operator: Jim Verdi[wia] (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Capt Bob Arnold, Navigator: Clyde Hayden, Bombardier: Furman Scheiderman, Ball turret gunner: Dwight Heatwole, Waist gunner: Bill Buchanan, Waist gunner: Bob Hiatt,Tail gunner: John Ryan (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Moosdorf, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2576.
Last updated: 30. July 2017
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14. March 2023 access_time 10:25
My uncle (husband of my mom’s sister) led the German soldiers that captured the downed crew of this aircraft. My uncle, now deceased, would tell stories of how him and his troops had to save the surviving crew from the angry locals. He also told about how he helped the American crew with food and rations to help with their recovery. After the war, my uncle was accused and convicted of killing some of the crew. He was able to contact one of the crew in the United States and that crew member cleared him of any wrongdoing. How was he able to contact the crew member, you may ask? The crew member was so grateful on how my uncle treated him he gave my uncle his stateside address before they parted ways. The letter written by the crew member was framed and on the wall of my uncle’s study for many years. It, along with transport papers out of Stalingrad shortly before it fell to the Russians, were two framed items on his wall. Both documents saved my uncle’s life.