B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31594 / Sweat’er Out

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.

Last updated: 9. March 2019