Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 92nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 407th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | PY-L |
| MACR | 2855 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (21 February 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-31860
Delivered Denver 28/12/43; Kearney 14/1/44; Presque Is 29/1/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY- ] Podington 5/2/44; Missing in Action Achmer 21/2/44 with Ralph Skoubo, Co-pilot: Bill Campbell, Navigator: Rich Baker, Bombardier: Bill Corretti, Radio Operator: Russ Kennedy, Ball turret gunner: Hal Poe, Waist gunner: Jim Dively, Waist gunner: Chas Thorburn,Tail gunner: John Sherrets (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Hewitt (KIA-baled out in sea & drowned); enemy aircraft, crashed three miles NW of Ostend, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 2855.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 27 June 2017
27. May 2025 access_time 7:17
2lt. Ralph Skoubo was my grandfather. He passed way April 11 2001
17. November 2025 access_time 21:43
Hi Shannon, my great Uncle John Sherrets, the redhead, was the tail gunner.. https://306bg.us/Echoes%20files/149-15s&f.pdf. Here is a link, but probably need to search for the 306th Bomb Group, Fall 2015.. It starts on Pg 22, stories of how the POWs survived the March .. It is fascinating.. My Mom ran home every day from school 1942 to 1945 to see if news had come about her Uncle, then she went an married a USAF ROTC student and put herself in for a lifetime of waiting and hoping.. I dont see any other names from this plane included at the end of this “diary”.. My Dad, was a POW for 6 years in NVN, so this of interest…