Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 401st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | LL-H |
| MACR: | 7281 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (20 July 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31812 / Destiny’s Child
Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/43; Kearney 7/1/44; Grenier 24/1/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-H] Bassingbourn 20/2/44; (completed first 44 missions on original engines for which crew chief Jack Gaffney awarded Bronze Star); Missing in Action 53m Leipzig 20/7/44 with Chas Van Ausdall, Navigator: Dick Loomis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Sullivan,Tail gunner: Vernon Winters (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Joe Sammons, Bombardier: John Butler, Radio Operator: Dick Hamilton, Ball turret gunner: Anson Riley, Waist gunner: Winton Blevins (5 Prisoner of War); hit by Me 109s KO’d #4 and riddled ship, crashed Glauehau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7281. DESTINY’S CHILD.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 11 February 2018
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