B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31642

History of
B-17 42-31642

Delivered Denver 1/12/43; Paine 4/12/43; Kearney 26/12/43; Memphis 1/1/44; Morrison 3/1/44; Assigned 347BS/99BG 10/1/44; 2WIA and 2MIA after bailing out 17/2/44 near Lake Albano, Italy with Bob Norton, Collins Wounded in Action, Bush Wounded in Action Muheran mia, Haurihan mia, rest ? ; Missing in Action 18m Regensburg 25/2/44 with Pilot Connie J. Laino; Co-Pilot Hubert Q. Gilliam; Navigator Francis T. Farrell; Bombardier Robert R. McLoughlin; Engineer George B. Garvin; Assistant Engineer Leslie J. Harris; Radio Operator Lonnie M. Denning; Assistant Radio Operator Joe D. Freeland Jr (KIA); Waist Gunner Albert V. Ellison; Tail Gunner Vincent J. Faralli; enemy aircraft, crashed just inside Austria, 3 miles South of Burghausen, Germany, near the German-Austrian border. Missing Air Crew Report 2704. Most of the crew was captured around 13:00 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. Tail Gunner Faralli, wounded, was taken to an hospital in Wels, Austria.

Last updated: 16. March 2018