Production-block:
B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 510th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: TU-O
MACR: 5331
Missions: 29
History of
B-17 42-31975 / Queen of the Air
Delivered Cheyenne 11/1/44; Sth Bend 23/1/44; Savannah 24/1/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-O] Polebrook 22/2/44; Missing in Action {29m} Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Horace Hopkins, Co-pilot: Everett Hale, Navigator: Carl Habecker, Bombardier: Dick Atwood, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Snyder, Ball turret gunner: Avondle Willhite, Waist gunner: Lyle Norquist,Tail gunner: Norman Bruning (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Dwight Suddock (Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bill Stroh (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed La Maxerelle, near Bas-sur-Meurthe Clefey in Voges Mountains,six miles N of Gerardmer, W of Colmar, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5331. QUEEN OF THE AIR.
Last updated: 1. March 2018
22. June 2021 access_time 0:21
Trying to locate a photograph of SSgt Avondle Willhite, waist gunner of B-17 42-31975 / Queen of the Air, KIA. Photo needed for memorial near crash site. Thanks for any help.