B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31619 / That Sweet Thing aka BTO in the ETO

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31619 / That Sweet Thing aka BTO in the ETO
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 401st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 615th Bomb Squadron
RCL IY-L
MACR 4957
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(24 May 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31619 / That Sweet Thing aka BTO in the ETO

Delivered Cheyenne 1/12/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Kearney 19/12/43; Romulus 18/1/44; Presque Is 20/1/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-L] Deenethorpe 31/1/44; Missing in Action Stettin 24/5/44 with John Whiteman, Co-pilot: Horace Shelton, Navigator: Seymour Ringle, Bombardier: Jim Stevenson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick O’Bannon, Radio Operator: Bill Nunn, Ball turret gunner: Heath Liddle, Waist gunner: Orlando Yemma, Waist gunner: Marvin Carraway,Tail gunner: Jack Culliton (10INT); flak, crashed Sose, near Ronne, on Bornholm Is, Den; Missing Air Crew Report 4957. THAT SWEET THING aka BTO IN THE ETO.

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B-17 42-31619 / That Sweet Thing aka BTO in the ETO Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT John S. Whiteman INT
CP 2LT Horace H. Skelton INT
BOMB 2LT James A. Stevenson INT
ENG/TT S/SGT Richard H. O'Bannon Jr. INT
RO S/SGT William G. Nunn INT
BT SGT Heath N. Liddle INT
WG SGT Orlando J. Yemma INT
WG SGT Marvin L. Carroway INT
TG SGT Jack R. Culliton INT

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