Production-block:
B-17F-50-BO: 42-5350 to 42-5484
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 367th Bomb Squadron
Fate:
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History of
B-17 42-5378
Delivered at Tulsa 26-Nov-42; New Castle 11-Dec-42; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 1-Jan-43; Missing in Action on 6-Mar-43 on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. The aircraft came under heavy fighter attack shortly after rounding the Brest Peninsula and the aircraft was abandoned. Exact crash location not determined. No Missing Air Crew Report was ever made documenting this loss. 3KIA 6POW 1EVD.
Last updated: 24. January 2018
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B-17 42-5378 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Earl C. Tunnell | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | Robert E. Biggs | EVD | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Mayer Ekin | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Andrew J. Friedrich | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Charles K. Kirby, Jr. | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert A. Siavage | POW | - |
| BT | T/SGT | George A. Tracy | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Ernest C. Maynard | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Chalres D. Hill, Jr. | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Donald Tunstall | POW | - |
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