Production-block:
B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 to 42-31431
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 427th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GN-M
MACR: 8168
History of
B-17 42-31423 / Jigger Rooche aka Kraut Killer
Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-M] Molesworth 14/1/44. Missing in Action Cologne 15/8/44 with: 6 Killed in Action: Pilot, Henry Clark; Co-pilot, Gilbert Vesey; Navigator, Ralph Davies; Bombardier, Earl Brosius; Flight engineer/top turret gunner, Harry Scott; Radio Operator, Fred Roswal. 3 Prisoner of War: Ball turret gunner, Chas Sikora; Waist gunner, Cyrus Cruttenden; Tail gunner, Edwin Bjorn. Enemy aircraft, exploded in flight, crashed between Oberkail & Steinborn, NE of Bitburg, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 8168. JIGGER ROUCHE aka KRAUT KILLER.
Last updated: 13. September 2017
23. June 2021 access_time 19:36
This is so awesome I’m Jennifer Pasour my great uncle is Henry Clay Clark he was the pilot of the jigger rooche that was shot down over Germany on August 15 1944 he was my sweet granddaddy’s brother I have done a lot of research on him and his crew and became penpal friends with family members of the surviving crew members It is still a mystery in some aspects of Uncle HC”s and his crew I only know the stories my mom and granddaddy have told me growing up and then the research I’ve done it’s so important to keep these brave souls memories alive. Thank you so much. Jenn…
03. September 2021 access_time 5:12
My father was on a B-26 crew and one of the original Jigger Rooche crewman, Robert Schlotterbeck, was taken off the B-17 crew because of shortages in B-26’s. Despite some scary missions Bob completed his tour safely and I’m sure thought of his previous crew who weren’t as fortunate.