Source:
www.463rd.org
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 463rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 775th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 6408 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by mechanical fault, interned (13 June 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31865 / Ole Ironsides
Delivered Denver 29/12/43; Scott 14/1/44; Atlanta 16/1/44; Lakeland 18/1/44; Morrison 24/2/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 29/2/44; Missing in Action Munich 13/6/44 with Lester Weaver, Co-pilot: Ken Blood, Navigator: Harry Foster, Bombardier: Ed Resovsky, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Bruckman, Radio Operator: Joe Szefranski, Ball turret gunner: Humble, Waist gunner: Mike Infurno, Waist gunner: Roy Stoller,Tail gunner: Ray Stoller (10INT); mech failure, force landed Magadino, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 6408. Returned to the USA 1377 BU Grenier 26/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/11/45. OLE IRONSIDES.
B-17 42-31865 / Ole Ironsides Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Lester F. Weaver | INT | - |
| CP | 1LT | Kenneth H. Blood | INT | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Harry J. Foster | INT | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Edward G. Resovsky | INT | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Michael S. Infurnay | INT | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Joseph E. Szafranski | INT | - |
| BT | SGT | George D. Olds | INT | - |
| WG | SGT | Roy H. Stoller | INT | - |
| WG | SGT | Ray L. Stoller | INT | - |
| TG | SGT | Robert E. Bruckman | INT | - |
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