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

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3302 / Rick-O-Shay
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17F-45-DL: 42-3284 to 42-3338
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 390th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 571st Bomb Squadron
RCL FC-O
MACR 866
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(10 October 1943)
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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.

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