Production-block:
B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 457th Bomb Group
- 92nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 327th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: UX-Y
MACR: 5159
History of
B-17 42-31635
Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 8/12/43; Grenier 19/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 26/1/44; transferred 327BS/92BG [UX-Y] Podington 11/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Bill Reuther (326bs), Co-pilot: Bob Glass, Navigator: Will Jensen, Bombardier: Ed Maher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Sharum, Radio Operator: Chas McCall, Ball turret gunner: Dick Hanson, Waist gunner: Dan Norman, Waist gunner: Lou Lehnertz,Tail gunner: Jim Lithgow (10 Prisoner of War); aircraft hit by Navy flak, crashed Schmabek, near Holstein, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5159.
Last updated: 22. July 2017
22. March 2022 access_time 1:23
I have a picture of the crew (not sure where and when it was taken) if interested.
My dad is S/SGT Richard (Dick) Hanson, the BT gunner on this crew.
He spent 11 months as a POW in Germany at various locations before being liberated on April 29th, 1945.
Thank you for this Site! I couldn’t find the other crew members names or their group and squad numbers until I visited here.
22. March 2022 access_time 17:43
Hello Jim,
can you sent me the picture please?
My email: info@b17flyingfortress.de
Cheers
Jing