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Source:
Peter Petrick
Production-block:
B-17G-30-DL: 42-38084 to 42-38213
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 452nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 731st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 7D-M
MACR: 3193
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.
Last updated: 2. April 2022
B-17 42-38211 / Sleepy Time Gal Details
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