B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31510 / Paper Doll

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31510 / Paper Doll
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 379th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 524th Bomb Squadron
RCL WA-D
MACR 2875
KSU/ME/KU: 920
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(22 February 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31510 / Paper Doll

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 14/12/43; Romulus 26/12/43; Presque Is 30/12/43; Assigned: 524BS/379BG [WA-D] Kimbolton 4/1/44; MIA Oschersleben 22/2/44 Pilot: Don McCall, Co-Pilot: Chas Gurney, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Fiers, Waist Gunner: Joe Lantigne (4POW); Navigator: Sgt Tom Geary, Bombardier: Leo Williams, Radio Operator: John Cvitkovich, Ball Turret Gunner: Gene Hively, Waist Gunner: George Scilligo, Tail Gunner: Edgar Taylor (6EVD-all ret UK by 8/9/44); Enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4, crashed Afferden, Hol; MACR 2875.

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B-17 42-31510 / Paper Doll Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT Donald P. McCall POW
CP 2LT Charles L. Gurney EVD/POW
BOMB 2LT Leo Williams EVD
ENG/TT T/SGT James H. Fiers POW
RO T/SGT John P. Cvitkovich EVD
BT S/SGT Eugene P. Hively EVD
WG S/SGT Joseph A. Lantigne EVD/POW
WG S/SGT George Sciligo EVD
TG S/SGT Edgar M. Taylor EVD
TOG SGT Thomas S. Geary EVD

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