B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31883 / The Jub Jub Bird

B-17 #42-31883 / The Jub Jub Birdzoom_in

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Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: LL-Y

MACR: 10304

Missions: 69

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History of
B-17 42-31883 / The Jub Jub Bird

Delivered Denver 30/12/43; Casper 4/1/44; Denver 4/2/44; Kearney 12/2/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-Y] Bassingbourn 22/3/44; Missing in Action 69m Merseburg 2/11/44 with Pilot: Herb Chouinard, Navigator: Dan DuBonis, Bombardier: Jim Hundley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Luther Salter, Radio Operator: Herschel Bowers, Ball turret gunner: Jim Foltz,Tail gunner: Carroll Tallant (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ray Nickola, Waist gunner: Arnold Kramer (2 Prisoner of War); flak, #2 exploded and nose blew off, ship fell away before exploding and crashed Leipzig; Missing Air Crew Report 10304. THE JUB JUB BIRD.

Last updated: 9. July 2022

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B-17 42-31883 / The Jub Jub Bird Details

Aircraft received a direct hit by flak and exploded. Went straight down. No parachutes were observed coming from this Aircraft.

Eyewitness statements to the loss of B-17G #42-31883

We were flying at approximately 27,000 feet altitude, shortly after bombs away. Aircraft B-17G, 42-31883, suffered a direct hit at this time by flak. The shell burst immediately under the pilot’s compartment and the aircraft blew up immediately. The cockpit, sides, and top around the pilot’s position blew out of the ship. There was just one belch of flame and a puff of smoke, presumably it was an oxygen explosion. Subject aircraft passed under us, headed downward in a steep dive. No parachutes were seen to come from this ship.

T/Sgt. Henry N. Haeckl

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B-17 42-31883 / The Jub Jub Bird Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT Herbert W. Chouinard KIA
CP 2LT Ray L. Nickola POW
BOMB 2LT James F. Hundley KIA
ENG/TT SGT Luther E. Salter KIA
RO T/SGT Herschel W. Bowers KIA
BT SGT James A. Foltz KIA
WG S/SGT Arnold E. Kramer POW
TG S/SGT Carrol B. Tallant KIA

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