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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17G-10-DL: 42-37721 to 42-37803
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 379th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 525th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: FR-P
MACR: 5322
History of
B-17 42-37784 / The Old Fox
Delivered Denver 27/8/43; Scott 29/9/43; ass 525BS/379BG [FR-P] Kimbolton 19/10/43; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Wilton Gease (POW); Co-Pilot: Luciano Gastineau, Navigator: Bob Lorentz, Bombardier: Dick O’Neal, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Fenity, Radio Operator: Roger Egan, Ball Turret Gunner: John Amalfitano, Waist Gunner: Bob Chestnut, Tail Gunner: Carl Fetterolf (8KIA); Enemy aircraft attack caused to veer and coll w/42-38082, crashed Melchow, near Eberswalde, NE of Berlin, Germany. MACR 5322. THE OLD FOX.
Last updated: 10. August 2020
B-17 42-37784 / The Old Fox Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-38082 on 24 May 1944.
B-17 42-37784 / The Old Fox Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Wilton E. Gease | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Lucien Owens Gastineau, Jr. | KIA | - |
| NAV | F/O | Robert J. Lorentz | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Richard C. O'Neal | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Edward L. Fenity | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Roger W. Egan | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | John J. Amalfitano | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Robert F. Chesnut | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Carl S. Fetterolf | KIA | - |
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