B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31740

History of
B-17 42-31740

Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Kearney 27/12/43; Oklahoma City 12/1/44; Kearney 16/1/44; Assigned: 546BS/384BG [BK-T] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; MIA Marienburg 9/4/44 Pilot: George Schock, Co-Pilot: Elliott Gadd, Navigator: Ehrhardt Mittendorf, ng-Sgt Jim Yeater, Radio Operator: Chas Hawkins, Ball Turret Gunner: Lester Van Gorkum, Waist Gunner: Morton Hamm (7POW); Waist Gunner: Patrick Benker, Tail Gunner: Chas Mitchell (2EVD); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lucian Shannon (KIA); flak, crashed Ulsnis, near Steinfeld, Germany. MACR 3653.

Last updated: 19. January 2019