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Source:
www.306bg.us
Production-block:
B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 367th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GY-O
MACR: 8829
History of
B-17 42-31726 / Duration Plus
Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-O] Thurleigh 10/2/44; MIA Germany. an oil insts 13/9/44 Pilot: Clayton Nattier, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gerald Bump, Radio Operator: Edwin Block, Ball Turret Gunner: Cecil Richardson, Waist Gunner: Max Kimmel, Tail Gunner: Dick Edwards (6POW); Co-Pilot: Gerald Johnson, Navigator: Bernie Weinstein, Bombardier: Bill Gregory (3KIA); flak, crashed Ammendorf, Ger; MACR 8829. DURATION-PLUS.
Last updated: 24. January 2019
02. June 2023 access_time 17:03
My Grandfather flew this very B-17. Lt. Ben H. Peters, Pilot. He completed his missions and was back Stateside training pilots prior to Duration Plus being shot down.
14. January 2024 access_time 4:24
I believe my father was your grandfather’s tail gunner.
26. January 2024 access_time 14:24
My father is under Ben Peter’s, pilot in their crew photo. He was the tail gunner.
27. October 2024 access_time 15:46
Our family has a crew picture of your father next to my grandfather in-law Ken “Doc” Hoffman. Doc was the flight engineer and top turret gunner. I believe he told me your dad was from NJ.
27. October 2024 access_time 15:13
My grandfather in-law was Ken “Doc” Hoffman from Canton, Ohio. He was the flight engineer and top turret gunner on the Duration Plus with your grandfather. I have a copy of their flight log lost all missions from 24 February 1944 through 20 June 1944 (36 missions) .
10. January 2024 access_time 4:02
The Crew (Nattier) was with the 369 BS and lost their wheel brakes and had to go back and reload in “ Duration Plus” a 367th aircraft the day they were shot down.
05. March 2024 access_time 5:11
I got to meet Clayton Nattier. He got to sit in my Falcon 50 one day in Denver Co . He said “ this Falcon instrument panel looks a lot different than the days he was flying”.
06. November 2024 access_time 17:31
I submitted comments a few weeks ago, but they don’t appear on this page for some reason. My grandfather in-law was Ken “Doc” Hoffman the first engineer and top turret gunner on the Duration Plus. I have two crew photos with the plane in the background. One appears to be the first crew/plane photo taken since no nose art or bombing mission count has been added yet. Is there a way to submit the photos to this page or administrator?
06. November 2024 access_time 17:33
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the second crew photo shows that the “Duration Plus ” nose art has been added, as well as completion of 5 bombing missions.