| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-20-VE: 42-5765 to 42-5804 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 335th Bomb Squadron, 546th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BK-E |
| MACR | 295 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (16 August 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-5797
Delivered Long Beach 3/2/43; Rapid City 17/2/43; Brookley 28/3/43; Morrison 10/4/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG Alconbury 24/4/43; transferred AFSC 5/43, then 546BS/384BG [BK-E] Grafton Underwood 7/8/43; Missing in Action Le Bourget 16/8/43 with Dave Magowan, Co-pilot: Leonard Bughman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Grinstein, Radio Operator: Ladislaw Koves, Ball turret gunner: Matt Coody, Waist gunner: Ed Ohe (6 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Jim Murray (Killed in Action); Navigator: John Dougherty, Bombardier: John Heald, Waist gunner: Bob Sheets (3 evaded capture); shot down by enemy aircraft after crew bailed, crashed near Ramboville, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 295.
This page was last updated on 16 July 2017
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