Production-block:
B-17F-45-BO: 42-5250 to 42-5349
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 366th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: KY-C
MACR: 15564
History of
B-17 42-5253
Delivered Denver 26/10/42; Homestead 18/12/42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-C] Chelveston 2/3/43; Missing in Action Rouen 4/4/43 with Harry O’Neill, Co-pilot: Peter Branch, Navigator: Warren Collins, Bombardier: Ray Wells, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Provine, Ball turret gunner: Chas Kindle, Waist gunner: Roy Jameson (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Cliff Fisher (evaded capture); Waist gunner: Jim Ahern,Tail gunner: George Hargadon (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Fontaine-sous-Preaux, near Rouen, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 15564.
Last updated: 10. January 2018
06. June 2024 access_time 15:06
I look for Harold P. O’Neill descendants because he was saved by my grand-father the 4-4-1943 near Rouen (France) after bombarding Renault factory in Paris. I want to transmit this story to my garndsons and granddaughters.
Thanks a lot