Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 349th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | XR-R |
| MACR | 7810 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (29 July 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31723 / Sparky
Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-R] Thorpe Abbotts 15/2/44; on Augsburg mission 16/3/44 Radio Operator: Sherwyn Meyers (KIA-pilot was Clem Cowan); Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Jackson Phelps, Co-pilot: Alan Rogers, Navigator: Paul Durborow, Bombardier: Lyle Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Martin, Radio Operator: Ken Goldfarb, Ball turret gunner: Albt Wiggs, Waist gunner: Marshall Duplantis (8 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Don Beasley (Prisoner of War); hit by flak, lagged behind and shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Bad Kosen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7810. SPARKY.
B-17 42-31723 / Sparky Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Jackson E. Phelps | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Allan S. Rogers | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Paul J. Durborow | KIA | - |
| BOMB | F/O | Lyle L. Johnson | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Arthur E. Martin | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Kenneth S. Goldfarb | KIA | - |
| BT | T/SGT | Albert G. Wiggs | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Marshall H. Dupliantis | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Donald L. Beasley | POW | - |
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