Production-block:
B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 413th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2378
History of
B-17 42-31436
Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Kearney 16/11/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 1/1/44; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Henry Hammond, Co-Pilot: Bob Brown, Navigator: Fred Heubner, Bombardier: Lee McDonald, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lou Doren, Radio Operator: John McMillan, Ball Turret Gunner: Noel Lamarche, Waist Gunner: Matt Kwasny, Tail Gunner: Thurlow Schultz (9POW); Waist Gunner: Frank Maxey (KIA); mid air coll w/42-31151 (96BG); crashed Montherme, 12 miles N of Charleville-Mezieres, Fr. MACR 2378.
Last updated: 27. January 2019
B-17 42-31436 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-31151 on 29 Januar 1944.
19. March 2023 access_time 19:14
The name Lou Doren is incorrect. The name is actually Technical Sergeant Louis Joseph Koren. He was my great Uncle and was the top turret gunner for B-17 G 42-31436.