B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3192 / G-for-George

History of
B-17 42-3192 / G-for-George

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-G] Molesworth 16/5/43; t/o accident with Dave Rogan 25/6/43; 427BS [GN-X]; {12m} Missing in Action Gilze-Rijen 19/8/43 with Jim Nix, Co-pilot: Dan Shebeck, Bombardier: Bob Solverson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Krajacic (4 Killed in Action), Navigator: Dwight Curo, Radio Operator: Curtis Brooks, Ball turret gunner: Frank Perez, Waist gunner: George Buck, Waist gunner: Joe Gross,Tail gunner: Fred Boyd, pass-Lt Lewis Moffatt [359BS (7 Prisoner of War); hit by bunch of Fw190s, crashed Carthuizer Polder, near Raamsdonkveer, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 284. Wreckage located 1983.

Last updated: 14. September 2017