Production-block:
B-17F-65-DL: 42-3449 to 42-3482
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 331st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: TS-K
MACR: 831
History of
B-17 42-3453
Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [TS-K] Rougham 17/8/43; loaned to 96BG Snetterton for this mission; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Silas Nettles, Co-pilot: Jerry LeFors, Navigator: Bob O’Hearn, Bombardier: Ed Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Sebeck, Radio Operator: Chas Putman, Ball turret gunner: Marshall Hamer, Waist gunner: Ken Karlson, Waist gunner: Greg Drobinko,Tail gunner: Chas Sibert (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 831.
Last updated: 11. September 2018
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