| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 412th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | QW-J |
| MACR | 3801 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (11 April 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31798 / Rose O’Day
Delivered Denver 21/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-J] Horham 3/2/44; 15m, Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Garland Maddox, Navigator: Joe Krecji,Tail gunner: Ed Cunliffe (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Ewalt Kuchling, Bombardier: J.W. Boren, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Louis Brown, Radio Operator: John Jones, Ball turret gunner: Ed Jerstad, Waist gunner: Ray Borden, Waist gunner: Jim Radcliffe, (7 Killed in Action); hit by Fw 190s, crashed Bad Doberan, near Kellerswald, nine miles W of Rostock, Germany. (One record gives some of crew were drowned in Baltic Sea, another record states a Pole says seven crew were killed by hostile civilians at Rostock). Missing Air Crew Report 3801.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 25 July 2017
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