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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17F-40-BO: 42-5150 to 42-5249
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 323rd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OR-S
MACR: 280
History of
B-17 42-5225 / Stormy Weather aka V-Packette
Delivered Tulsa 14/10/42; West Palm Beach 15/1/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-S] Bassingbourn 8/2/43 as STORMY WEATHER; battle damaged Hamm 4/3/43 with George Birdsong, crash landed base, when repaired was re-named; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43; enemy aircraft, crashed Baelen, six miles W of Leopoldsburg, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 280. V-PACKETTE.
Last updated: 21. December 2019
B-17 42-5225 / Stormy Weather aka V-Packette Details
B-17 42-5225 / Stormy Weather aka V-Packette Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Don S. Von Der Heyde | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Donald Primeau | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Edgar J. Yelle | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Walter S. Brown, Jr. | POW | EVD-arrived home next day? |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Peter Comac | KIA | - |
| RO | S/SGT | John R. Klopolsky | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Homer J. Mitts, Jr. | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William F. Wannemacher | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Dick Sparman | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Mack D. Walton | KIA | - |
23. June 2022 access_time 0:29
My great uncle was S/SGT Mack D. Walton. Tail gunner on B-17 42-5225 / Stormy Weather aka V-Packette. I see that there were two men on the crew who survived and was hoping someone could help me in locating either of them or the families. Hope to obtain some information on my great uncle who I never got to meet but was raised hearing stories from his brother
15. August 2022 access_time 21:46
contact me anto90nitro@yahoo.it i have information,
17. September 2024 access_time 22:06
My grandfather was William Wannemacher. I have a letter written by Lt. Walter S. Brown, Jr., to my grandmother in 1945 explaining the last moments before they went down. It is very interesting to read. Just fyi. Reading the book The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission by Martin Middlebrook, trying to put all the pieces together.