Source:
Randy Holliday
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 418th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | LD-Y |
| MACR | 11365 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (31 December 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31895 / Miss Chief
Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Presque Is 3/2/44; Grenier 11/2/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 16/2/44; Missing in Action Misburg/Hamburg 31/12/44 with Paul Carroll, Co-pilot: Harry Winger, Navigator: George Klare, Bombardier: Cliff Averett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irvin Olson, Radio Operator: Lee Westman, Ball turret gunner: Larry Isola, Waist gunner: Otis Ross,Tail gunner: Fred Bracken (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Wesermunde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11365. MISS CHIEF.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-31895 / Miss Chief Details
Photo Courtesy of Son Randall Holliday
Lt. Reginald C. Holliday, co-pilot on. Lt Gummersall Crew. Photo Courtesy of Son Randall Holliday
B-17 42-31895 / Miss Chief Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Paul L. Carroll | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Harry B. Winger | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | George R. Klare | POW | - |
| BOMB | SGT | Clifford M. Averett | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Irvin W. Olsen | POW | - |
| RO | SGT | Leroy W. Westman | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Lawrence E. Isola | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Otis J. Ross | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Fred K. Bracken | POW | - |
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