Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 547th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SO-V |
| MACR | 3865 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (13 April 1944) |
| Missions: | 24 |
History of
B-17 42-31433 / Rum Pot II
Delivered Cheyenne 3/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-V] Grafton Underwood 8/1/44; MIA Schweinfurt 13/4/44 Pilot: Clarry Stearns, Navigator: Bob Hock, Bombardier: Don Ackerson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dave Barkhurst, Radio Operator: Ed Hill, Ball Turret Gunner: Pierre Joseph, Waist Gunner: Theo Corrigan, Waist Gunner: John Robinson, Tail Gunner: Warren Martell (9POW); Co-Pilot: Joe Bedsole (KIA-had no chute when rest baled); Enemy aircraft before target, crashed Grossgumpen/Odenwald, near Lindenfels, 12 miles S of Darmstadt, Germany. MACR 3865. RUM POT.
B-17 42-31433 / Rum Pot II Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Clarence Grover Stearns | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | Joseph Linyer Bedsole, Jr. | KIA | Air Commander |
| NAV | 1LT | Robert E. Hock | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Donald Richard Ackerson | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | David Luther Barkhurst | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Edward Theodore Hill | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Pierre Joseph | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Theodore Bernard Corrigan | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John Timothy Robison | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Warren Hardine Martell | POW | - |
This page was last updated on 17 February 2020
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