Source:
Peter Petrick
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-30-DL: 42-38084 to 42-38213 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 452nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 731st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | 7D-M |
| MACR | 3193 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (08 March 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-38211 / Sleepy Time Gal
Delivered Denver 16/1/44; Presque Is 12/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-M] Deopham Green 9/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Theo McDonald, Navigator: Jacob Moskowitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Merle Cline, Radio Operator: Wilburn Rowden, Ball turret gunner: Bill Valigura, Waist gunner: Wendell Dowell, Waist gunner: Chas Bardorf,Tail gunner: Bob Allen (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Godsey, Bombardier: Anton Harris (2KIA- shot on ground); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, pilor ordered crew to bale, then crash landed alone at Landratsberg, between Borstel and Nopke, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3193. SLEEPY TIME GAL.
B-17 42-38211 / Sleepy Time Gal Details
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