Production-block:
B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 463rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 775th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 4723
History of
B-17 42-31685 / Pete’s Playhouse
Del Denver 8/12/43; Kingman 21/12/43; Denver 6/1/44; Jackson 11/1/44; Atlanta 12/1/44; Lakeland 13/1/44; Ass 775BS/463BG Celone 9/3/44; MIA Wiener Neustadt 10/5/44 w/Stan Dwyer, cp Manley Dale, n-Francis Gilhooley, b-Prestcott Piper, ettg-John Boros, tg-Bill Olfenius (5KIA); ro-George Mitchell, btg-Gene Parker, wg-Steve Milewski, wg-John Boyett (4POW); flak, cr Lichtenwearth; MACR 4723. PETE’S PLAYHOUSE.
Last updated: 7. June 2018
B-17 42-31685 / Pete’s Playhouse Details
Maybe crew and MACR mixed up with the other B-17 #42-31804. Both flown in same formation site by site and lost at same day. Both crashed near Wiener Neustadt.
03. March 2024 access_time 23:45
T/Sgt Prescott C Piper was my great uncle. He was the bombardier aboard Pete’s Playhouse and was KIA 10 May 1944. The co-pilot, Manley Dale, survived. You are correct in that there was a mix up of the tail numbers in the MACR from that mission. MACR 4660 is the correct one for this crew.