Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-40-DL: 42-3229 to 42-3283 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 337th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | AW-Z |
| MACR: | 1568 |
| KSU/ME/KU: | 510 |
| Fate: |
, Mid-air collision (16 December 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-3265 / Holy Mackeral!
Delivered Denver 18/4/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-Z] Andrews Fd 30/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; crashed on take off with Bill Stoneburner 9/9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43 with pilot Ewing Leblanc, Co-pilot: Vic Navoka, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Silvio Martire, Radio Operator: Pete Dudas, Ball turret gunner: Andy Cowlman, Waist gunner: Bob Sudbury, Waist gunner: John Mattarochia,Tail gunner: George Kinney (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Lowell Rogers; Navigator: Ken Wales (2 Prisoner of War); collision with 42-30860, crashed Kimewerd, S of Harlingen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1568. HOLY MACKERAL!.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-3265 / Holy Mackeral! Details
Hit by flak and exploded in the air. Thereupon mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-30860 on 16 December 1943
B-17 42-3265 / Holy Mackeral! Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Ewing J. LeBlanc | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Victor Hovorka | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Kenneth S. Wales Jr. | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Lowell Rogers | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Silvio Martire | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Peter J. Dudus | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Andrew E. Coleman Jr. | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Robert E. Sudbury | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John Mattarochia | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | George A. Kinney | KIA | - |
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