B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31587

History of
B-17 42-31587

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 7/12/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 8/12/43; transferred 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 22/1/44; 325BS/92BG [NV-G] Podington 11/3/44; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Chas Mikesell, Co-pilot: Bob Naugler, Navigator: Leon Shektell, Ball turret gunner: Ed Donnelly, Waist gunner: Joe Williamson (5 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ed Osucha, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Grundy, Radio Operator: Melton Flink, Waist gunner: Arthur C. Clark Jr,Tail gunner: Francis Lape (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, exploded in mid-air, crashed Hostalingen-Kathendorf, 13 miles NE of Helmstedt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3672.

Last updated: 18. August 2017