Production-block:
B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 385th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 548th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GX-L
MACR: 4563
History of
B-17 42-31786 / Jeanne Ricky
Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Kearney 1/1/44; Grenier 21/1/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-L] Gt Ashfield 2/2/44; MIA Berlin 8/5/44 Pilot: Andy Drobysh, Co-Pilot: Harry Gousha, Navigator: Clem Irons, Bombardier: Bob Hudson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe O’Donnell, Radio Operator: Cullen Cotton, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Waters, Waist Gunner: Russ Beyko, Waist Gunner: Art Carter, Tail Gunner: Chas Moore (10POW); Enemy aircraft KOd #3, crashed Worphausen, nine miles NE of Bremen, Germany. MACR 4563. GIN RICKY.
Last updated: 26. December 2018
24. November 2024 access_time 4:38
The crew listed for this AC is not correct, it is the crew that was flying the AC when it was shot down. Clem was testing for lead navigator and in order to do that it was done on his normal AC but with a different crew. His regular crew was the Ihlenburg crew. The AC was named the Jeanne Ricky (aka Gin Rickey) after Jeanne (Fred Ihlenburg’s wife), my grandmother, and Ricky (Rick), my uncle.