B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37762 / Chaplin’s Office

B-17 #42-37762 / Chaplin’s Officezoom_in

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Manufacturer:
Douglas

  • RCL: JD-A

MACR: 1580 / KSU/ME/KU: 440

Missions: 1

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History of
B-17 42-37762 / Chaplin’s Office

Delivered Denver 20/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 22/10/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD- ] Grafton Underwood 1/11/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Charles Zitnik, Co-pilot: Dick Teevan, Navigator: Rodney Helms, Bombardier: Frank Pelley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Roberto, Radio Operator: Lew McNatt, Waist gunner: Florian Protasiewicz, Waist gunner: Edgar Strauss,Tail gunner: Clarry Lehmann (9 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Bob Rimmer (KIA-chute caught up and smashed against hangar in crash landing); enemy aircraft, crashed Zweischenahn naval base near Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1580. CHAPLAIN’S OFFICE.

Last updated: 27. December 2021

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B-17 42-37762 / Chaplin’s Office Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Charles Allen Zitnik POW
CP 2LT Richard Collier Teevan POW
BOMB 2LT Frank Allen Pelley, Jr. POW
ENG/TT S/SGT Anthony Joseph Roberto POW
RO S/SGT Lewis Edmond McNatt, Jr. POW
BT SGT Robert Henderson Rimmer, Jr. KIA
WG SGT Florian Stanley Protasiewicz POW
WG SGT Edgar Strauss POW
TG SGT Clarence Richard Lehmann POW

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