Production-block:
B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 349th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XR-M
MACR: 3019
History of
B-17 42-31731
Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Gr Island 24/12/43; Romulus 24/1/44; Grenier 26/1/44; Presque Is 30/1/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-M] Thorpe Abbotts 4/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Albert Amiero, Co-pilot: Howard Kilmer, Navigator: Albt Rule, Bombardier: Tom Elliott, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Gilbert, Radio Operator: John Kovacs, Ball turret gunner: Virgil Summers, Waist gunner: Bob Spires,Tail gunner: Tom Baer (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Owen Stockton (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Uptloh, near Quackenbruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3019.
Last updated: 6. January 2018
B-17 42-31731 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Albert F. Amiero | KIA | - |
| CP | F/O | Howard L. Kilmer | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Albert P. Rule | KIA | - |
| BOMB | S/SGT | Thomas S. Elliott | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Russell G. Gilbert | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | John J. Kovacs | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Virgil F. Summers | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Hobart H. Spires | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Owen D. Stockton | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Thomas D. Baer | KIA | - |
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