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Source:
www.457thbombgroup.org
Production-block:
B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 457th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 751st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: D
MACR: 11151
History of
B-17 42-31505 / Miss Cue
Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Denver 9/12/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Grenier 19/1/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [D] Glatton 26/1/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Frechette, crew OK, except togg-Ward Price (Killed in Action); flak, crash near Koblenz, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 11151. MISS CUE.
Last updated: 16. February 2021
B-17 42-31505 / Miss Cue Details
Moderate to intense, accurate flak was encountered at the target. There was no enemy aircraft opposition. Extend of damage unknown. Flak reported to have burst near the aircraft. Aircraft dropped its bombs, then dived down with number three engine smoking.
Source: MACR 11151
B-17 42-31505 / Miss Cue Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Joseph C. Frechette | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Norman W. Hanson | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | William H. Gullette | POW | Also Bombardier |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Granville F. Billingsley | POW | - |
| RO | SGT | Walter B. Lander | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | James F. Hedgecok, Jr. | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Salvatore Mastrantonio | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Clarence R. Sheppard | POW | - |
| TOG | SGT | Ward C. Price | KIA | Chute failure |
09. October 2022 access_time 16:30
HI: My father is Joseph Frechette and is still hanging in there. He was 98 this past March 19th. I wanted to thank you for posting this information. My father wrote an account of the loss of ‘Miss Cue’ back in 2004. Would you like to see it? 1/2 page typed. I can confirm Ward Price was killed when his chute failed to open. Granville Billingsley was the first person out of the aircraft and escaped capture for 8 days.
11. March 2024 access_time 23:04
Hi Thomas, is your father still with us? I just read that Miss Cue’s Tail Gunner, Clarence “Bud” Sheperd, is still alive and looking for any surviving crew members.