| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-75-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563, B-17G-5-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 381st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 532nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | VE-N |
| MACR | 2929 |
| KSU/ME/KU: | 376 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (20 February 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-3562 / AH-HA-HA
Delivered Tulsa 2/8/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 10/43; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 21/11/43; Missing in Action 9m Oschersleben 20/2/44 with Kirch Cogswell, Co-pilot: Bill Borrego, Navigator: Bill Meehan, Bombardier: Lorenzo Espinosa, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Leccese, Radio Operator: Frank Urban, Ball turret gunner: Joe Durnin, Waist gunner: John Kangas,Tail gunner: Wilf Miller (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Chas Duncan (Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Leipzig Knauthain, Ger, Missing Air Crew Report 2929.
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B-17 42-3562 / AH-HA-HA Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Kirch J. Cogswell | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | William Borrego | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | William R. Meehan | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Lorenzo Espinosa | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Raymond J. Leccese | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Frank O. Urban | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Joseph L. Durnin | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | John V. Kangas | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Charles E. Duncan | KIA | - |
| TG | SGT | Wilfred L. Miller | POW | - |
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