B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31556

History of
B-17 42-31556

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 3/12/43; Kearney 8/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-D] Thurleigh 4/1/44; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Warren Lutz, Co-Pilot: Tom Johnson, Navigator: Ed O’Neill, Bombardier: Jim Knox, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Warren Adams, Radio Operator: Joe Reed, Ball Turret Gunner: Roy Ward & brother Waist Gunner: Ray Ward (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Alec Lazek, Tail Gunner: Chas Lux (2POW); flak hits damaged right wing and cut fuel lines, ship crashed two miles S of Hecklingen, near Stassfurt, 20 miles E of Halberstadt, Germany. MACR 4240.

Last updated: 17. March 2019