B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3302 / Rick-O-Shay

History of
B-17 42-3302 / Rick-O-Shay

Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Dow Fd 10/7/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-O] Framlingham 14/7/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Ed Weldon, Co-pilot: Clarendon Barbarus, Navigator: Jim Smith, Bombardier: Bob Rhoades, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marion Laird, Radio Operator: Chas Roth, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Levin, Waist gunner: Grant McCracken, Waist gunner: Howard Kreiner,Tail gunner: Spiro Harames, obs-Lt Ken Neubauer} (11 Prisoner of War); AA KO’d #4, then exploded, crashed Suttrup, near Messingen/Freren, 37 miles N of Munster; Missing Air Crew Report 866. RICK-O-SHAY.

Last updated: 4. November 2017