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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17F-45-DL: 42-3284 to 42-3338
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 360th Bomb Squadron
- 560th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3113
History of
B-17 42-3293 / Slightly Dangerous
Delivered Denver 2/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG Molesworth 12/8/43; transferred 560BS/388BG Knettishall 8/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Demetrious Karnezis, Co-pilot: John George (2 evaded capture); Navigator: Bill Frazier, Bombardier: Rich Loveless, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Arthur Gay (3 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jean Lawrence, Ball turret gunner: Alvin Morrison, Waist gunner: Ashby Smith, Waist gunner: Ray Schwabenbaur,Tail gunner: George Lincoln (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed La Chapelle-Champigny, near Sarbonne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3113. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS.
Last updated: 5. December 2017
B-17 42-3293 / Slightly Dangerous Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Demetrios Karnezis | EVD | - |
| CP | 2LT | John Wendell George | EVD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | William Joseph Frazier | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Richard Vincent Loveless | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Arthur Coles Gay | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Jean Alexander Lawrence | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Alvin Elwood Morrison | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Raymond Patrick Schwabenbauer | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Ashpy Evans Smith | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | George Louis Lincoln | KIA | - |
22. May 2019 access_time 4:55
I am honored to have had Mr. Karnezis as my Aeronautics Instructor. He is a great American Hero and a good friend of my Father John Gates.
01. May 2022 access_time 21:32
I also was honored to have had Mr. Karnezis as an Aeronautics instructor at Sac City College. I also had your dad as an instructor as well. They were both my 4th semester instructors. I later worked with a friend of your dads when I worked for Delta Airlines many years ago. His name was Joseph ( Moxie) Micieli. All good men.
08. March 2020 access_time 22:42
Shot down by Oberstleutnant Egon Mayer on September 6th 1943 (80th victory)
(Lens is a mistake, it’s Sens near La Chapelle Champigny.)
Source:http://www.luftwaffe.cz/mayer.html
27. May 2023 access_time 6:56
bonjour à tous je recherche des documents papiers et photos sur ce B-17F N° 42-3293 et son équipage pour effectuer une exposition pour le 80ème anniversaire du crash de cet avion sur le territoire de ma commune La Chapelle Champigny
merci d’avance à tous ceux qui pourront m’aider dans cette recherche.