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Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
B-17F-35-DL: 42-3189 to 42-3228
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 366th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: KY-O
MACR: 916 / KSU/ME/KU: 301
History of
B-17 42-3195
Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/43; Presque Is 27/4/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-O] Chelveston 22/6/43; Missing in Action 14/10/43 with Neal Fisher, Co-pilot: Clinton Bush, Radio Operator: Harvey Bennett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clinton Bitton, Waist gunner: Loren Fink,Tail gunner: George LeFebre (6 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Carl Booth (body never recovered), Bombardier: Don Hissom, Ball turret gunner: Harry Insdorf, Waist gunner: Tom Therrien (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Waldenrath, near Geilenkirchen, 17 miles N of Aachen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 916.
Last updated: 18. March 2020
B-17 42-3195 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | F/O | Verl D. Fischer | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Clinton A. Bush | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Carl H. Booth | KIA | - |
| BOMB | T/SGT | Donald L. Hission | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Clinton L. Bitton | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Harvey Bennett | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Harold Insborf | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Loren M. Fink | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Thomas E. Therrien | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | George G. La Febre | POW | - |
27. September 2024 access_time 17:39
Clint Bitton was my grandfather. He lived in Chilly, Idaho just north of Mackay, Idaho after the war and for the remainder of his life on his ranch. I never heard him utter a cuss word and he rarely rarely talked about the war.