B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3281 / The Mary R.

History of
B-17 42-3281 / The Mary R.

Delivered Denver 23/4/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW- ] Andrews Fd 30/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; Missing in Action Hannover 26/7/43 with Frank Spino, Co-pilot: Ira Middaugh, Navigator: Les Hawley, Bombardier: Tony Grasso, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Geese, Radio Operator: Armando Cieri, Ball turret gunner: Leon Donaldson, Waist gunner: George Strauss, Waist gunner: Orville Williams,Tail gunner: Fred Taylor (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crashed Eindorf, near Walsrode, 30 miles E of Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 96. THE MARY R.

Last updated: 3. October 2017