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Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 379th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 526th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LF-F
MACR: 4876
History of
B-17 42-31972 / Game Cook
Delivered Cheyenne 11/1/44; Savannah 21/1/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-F] Kimbolton 22/2/44; Missing in Action Osnabruck 13/5/44 with John Wildes, Co-pilot: Sam McDaniel, Navigator: Jim Schaefer, Bombardier: Virgil Gerth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Claypool, Radio Operator: Gordon Tucker, Ball turret gunner: Chas Baldwin, Waist gunner: John Corey,Tail gunner: Joe Carl (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Beldringe Afd, on Funen Is, Den; Missing Air Crew Report 4876. GAME COCK.
Last updated: 21. March 2019
07. November 2019 access_time 20:48
My dad Warren Claypool went down on the Gamecock and was interred in Stalag Luft 4. He was forced marched across Germany until liberated at Bitterfeld Germany
10. November 2019 access_time 11:49
Thank you for sharing the information.
Bitterfeld is near to the town where I am living.
19. March 2023 access_time 5:00
This is my grand father’s aircraft. He was the pilot, his name is John E. Wilds Jr., and he was a lieutenant at the time. It was their 25th and final mission. He spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft 3. He stayed in the Air Corp/Air Force and even worked at the Pentagon in his later years. He is interred at Arlington Cemetery and was buried with full military honors.
17. March 2024 access_time 7:48
The manufacturer’s data plate of this aircraft is on display in the museum at Vught Camp in NL where the aircraft was broken up. Interesting to see a bit of history.