| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 99th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 347th Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (25 February 1944) |
| Missions: | 18 |
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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 16 March 2018
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