Source:
www.457thbombgroup.org
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 457th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 751st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | G |
| MACR | 5299 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (27 May 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31594 / Sweat’er Out
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Assigned 751BS/457BG [G] Glatton 25/1/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Artie Whitlow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Isker (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Cunningham, n/b-Dan McLaughlin, Radio Operator: Paul Clark, Waist gunner: Lovel O’Masters, Waist gunner: Bob Towle,Tail gunner: Jim Ambrose (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Roe Woodis (evaded capture); enemy aircraft knocked off one third of wing, crashed in woods near Thannenkirch, NW of Bergheim, nine miles N of Colmar, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5299. SWEAT’ER OUT.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 09 March 2019
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