Production-block:
B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LN-T
MACR: 7811
History of
B-17 42-31903 / Hard Luck II
Delivered Denver 3/1/44; Kearney 30/1/44; Grenier 18/2/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-T] Thorpe Abbotts 23/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Eden Jones, Co-pilot: Bob Ries, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Eadie, Radio Operator: Leo Griffin, Ball turret gunner: Harry Prince (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Albt Fincher, Bombardier: Cordy Ramer, Waist gunner: Frank Moran,Tail gunner: Jerry Cassell (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wulfingerode, W of Nordhausen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7811. (npo) HARD LUCK II.
Last updated: 6. January 2018
B-17 42-31903 / Hard Luck II Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Eden C. Jones | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Robert E. Ries | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Albert B. Fincher | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Cordy A. Ramer | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | James Eadie | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Leo J. Griffin | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Harold J. Prince | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Frank J. Moran | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Jerry R. Cassell | POW | - |
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