Production-block:
B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 709th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 4294 / KSU/ME/KU: 1650
History of
B-17 42-31477
Delivered: Cheyenne 10/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Romulus 9/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Pilot: Frank Umhoefer forced landing base 16/12/43; Assigned: 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 3/3/44; MIA Pas de Calais 27/4/44 w/George Hofsess, n/Bombardier: Oscar Iezman, Radio Operator: Ray Kuusela, Waist Gunner: Norman Kirby, Waist Gunner: Harry McCaskill, Tail Gunner: Jim Stamas (6POW); Co-Pilot: Frank Chaimson[shot in his chute], Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dominic Lorusso[landed on power lines] (2KIA); ng-S/Sgt Jack Stead, Ball Turret Gunner: Ike Jackson (2EVD); flak KOd some engines, some crew baled, ship exploded crashed Nesle-Hodeng, four miles SE of Neufchatel-en-Bray, 37 miles SW of Amiens, Fr. MACR 4294.
Last updated: 23. December 2024
20. December 2024 access_time 18:20
the navigator/Bombardier for B-17 42-31477 is Oscar Iezman (last name starts with I as in India), not Lezman.
23. December 2024 access_time 13:24
Thank you, I have corrected his name.