| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group, 463rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 774th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 7673 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (15 August 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-31843
Delivered Denver 25/12/43; Scott 8/1/44; Lakeland 13/1/44; Morrison 20/2/44; slated 303BG, Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 22/2/44; Missing in Action Valence, Fr. 15/8/44 with Adrian Swain, Co-pilot: Steve Yankura, Navigator: Harry Wolquitt [463BS] (?Bernard Garrett?), Bombardier: Nyles Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Coots, Radio Operator: Dick Swan, Ball turret gunner: Morris Vincent, Waist gunner: Murdoch Burton, Waist gunner: Ralph Barnes,Tail gunner: Richard Barnes; flak, eight chutes seen as aircraft went straight in with bombs on board & exploded, crashed near Valence; Missing Air Crew Report 7673.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 08 September 2017
10. August 2023 access_time 5:07
My Father was Bob Coots who was on-board this plane when it was shot down. He told me they had already dropped their bombs when hit in the still open bomb bay doors by flak.