| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 561st Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 4955 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (22 May 1944) |
| Missions: | 35 |
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History of
B-17 42-31707 / Jake’s Jerks aka Haughty Hazy
Delivered Denver 8/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Long Beach 2/1/44; Presque Is 5/1/44; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 17/1/44; MIA Kiel 22/5/44 Pilot: Jack Glantz, Co-Pilot: Bill Edwards, Navigator: Morton Berger, Bombardier: Jim Finucane, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Hobbs, Radio Operator: Joe Monteith, Ball Turret Gunner: Marcel Bourgoin, Waist Gunner: Ralph Campbell, Waist Gunner: Art Potter, Tail Gunner: Carl Slicker (10POW); flak & Enemy aircraft KOd three engines, crashed Wennemanns Wisch, four miles W of Holstein, Germany. MACR 4955. JAKE’S JERKS.
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B-17 42-31707 / Jake’s Jerks aka Haughty Hazy Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Jack Glantz | POW | - |
| CP | F/O | William Thad Edwards | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Morton Eugene Berger | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | James John Finucane | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | John Oliver Hobbs | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Joseph Francis Monteith | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Marcel Omer Bourgoin | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Arthur Potter Jr. | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Carl James Slicker | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Ralph W. Campbell | POW | - |
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