B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3330

History of
B-17 42-3330

Delivered Denver 17/5/43; Dow Fd 11/6/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-N] Grafton Underwood 27/6/43; Missing in Action Villacoublay 14/7/43 with Jim Munday{Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: Ed Ruby, Waist gunner: Francis Green, Waist gunner: Joe Woodstock,Tail gunner: George Blackwell (5 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Fred Marston{evaded for a time but turned over to Gestapo with other US crewmen from another group}, Navigator: Bill Lansford, Bombardier: Bob Olson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Miles, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Johnson (5 Prisoner of War); crash landed Les Essarts-Le-Roi, S of Versailles, Fr. No MACR.

Last updated: 12. July 2017