Production-block:
B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 92nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 326th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: JW-A
MACR: 3416
History of
B-17 42-31888
Delivered Cheyenne 30/12/43; Kearney 13/1/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-A] Podington 19/2/44; Missing in Action Munster 23/3/44 with Ed Larrive, Co-pilot: Jack Wilson, b/n-Alvin Lageson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe LeBlanc, Ball turret gunner: Maynard Dunker, Waist gunner: Jim Helms, Waist gunner: Ferman Wilson,Tail gunner: Joe Arant (8 Killed in Action); n/gnr-Frank Adams, Radio Operator: Jack Bogel (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Uentrup, 10 miles E of Hamm, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3416.
Last updated: 24. January 2018
10. January 2022 access_time 17:43
My great uncle was TSgt Ferman Wilson, waist gunner and Armorer aboard the Homesick Angel. I remember my grandmother telling me about him (her brother) being shot down over Germany by a FW190.
02. February 2024 access_time 23:19
My mom uncle was also onboard when it was shoot down, he was soupouse to be the navigator but was moved to the nose of the plane for this mission, he ended up falling out without a parachute.
02. February 2024 access_time 23:21
My mom uncle was also onboard when it was shoot down, he was soupouse to be the navigator but was moved to the nose of the plane for this mission, he ended up falling out without a parachute. Alvin Lageson