Production-block:
B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 613th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IN-Q
MACR: 3938
History of
B-17 42-31508 / Command Performance
Delivered Denver 12/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; RAF Valley 7/12/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-Q] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Alf Vokaty, Co-pilot: Bill Cambrell, Navigator: Shea Schacter, Bombardier: Chas Strode, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Boros, Radio Operator: Ron Halpin, Ball turret gunner: Howard Crull, Waist gunner: John Campbell (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Roy Sanders,Tail gunner: Warren Canter (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set #2 on fire, then gas tanks, crashed Kaiburg, four miles E of Aschaffenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3938. COMMAND PERFORMANCE.
Last updated: 20. June 2018
B-17 42-31508 / Command Performance Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Alfred B. Vokaty | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | William M. Gambrell Jr. | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Shea Schachter | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Charles R. Strode | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Joseph J. Boros | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Ronald C. Halpin | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Howard M. Crull | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Roy G. Sanders | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John F. Campbell | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Warren M. Canter | KIA | - |
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