Production-block:
B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 385th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 548th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GX-M
MACR: 4168
History of
B-17 42-39773 / War Cry II
Delivered Long Beach 26/8/43; Gr Island 4/10/43; ass 548BS/385BG [GX-M] Gt Ashfield 10/10/43; MIA Hamm 22/4/44 Pilot: John McDavitt, Co-Pilot: Howard Claflin, Navigator: Chas Hickless, Bombardier: Larry Wickter, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Lane, Radio Operator: Larry Foss, Ball Turret Gunner: Marvin Walker, Waist Gunner: Dominic Montagna, Waist Gunner: Phil Gregory, Tail Gunner: George Moss (10POW); flak KOd #3, crashed Bislicher, near Hamminkeln, sdix miles NW of Wesel/Rhein, Germany. MACR 4168. WAR CRY II.
Last updated: 16. December 2018
06. September 2021 access_time 5:20
Waist gunner PHIL GREGORY (Jr) on B-17 , WAR CRY II was held as a POW until around April 1945. Please update his status for the record