Production-block:
B-17F-50-DL: 42-3339 to 42-3393
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 482nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 813th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: PC-S
MACR: 2781 / KSU/ME/KU: 823
History of
B-17 42-3357
Delivered Denver 21/5/43; Dow Fd 5/6/43; Assigned with H2S radar scanner installed 813BS/482BG [PC-S] Alconbury 1/7/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 8/2/44 with Joe Gold, Co-pilot: Warren Cosby, Bombardier: Bob Felsberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vernon Mainard, Radio Operator: Stephen Rodowicz, Ball turret gunner: Arthur Foulkes, Waist gunner: Herb Gebers (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Jim Clarendon{ret UK 10/5/44}, Waist gunner: Elres Dowden, Tail gunner: Pvt Webber Mason{both ret UK 21/5/44} (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, KO’d #3, crashed Chevincourt, five miles NE of Compeign, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2781.
Last updated: 18. July 2021
B-17 42-3357 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | John Milton Gold | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Warren Reynolds Cozby | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | James Patton Clarendon II | EVD | ret UK 10/5/44 |
| BOMB | 2LT | Robert Irving Felsberg | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Vernon Lester Mainard | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Stephen Rodowicz | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Arthur F. Foulkes, Jr | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Herbert Gebers | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Elres Douglas Dowden | EVD | ret UK 21/5/44 |
| TG | PVT | Webber L. Mason | EVD | ret UK 21/5/44 |
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