Production-block:
B-17G-30-DL: 42-38084 to 42-38213
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 560th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3090
Missions: 6
History of
B-17 42-38138
Delivered Denver 24/12/43; Gr Island 16/1/44; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 8/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Bill Lentz, Co-pilot: Phil Hiden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Miller, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bennett (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ken Hickey, Bombardier: John Pond, Radio Operator: Chas Deutsch, Waist gunner: John Olheiser, Waist gunner: Bob Perdue,Tail gunner: Merton Dewitt (6 Prisoner of War); mid-air coll with enemy aircraft, wreckage crashed Oegenbostel, two miles N of Wedemark, near Plumhof, N of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3090.
Last updated: 4. January 2019
B-17 42-38138 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | William Walter Lentz Jr. | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Phillip Wallace Hiden Jr. | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Kenneth Anthony Hickey | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | John Daniel Pond | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Michael Miller | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Charles Deutsch | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Robert Ross Bennett Jr. | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John Anthony Olheiser | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Robert Howard Perdue | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Merton Clifford DeWitt | POW | - |
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