| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-25-VE: 42-5805 to 42-5854 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 545th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SO-Y |
| MACR | 288 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (12 August 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-5806
Delivered Long Beach 15/2/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; with Rueben Neib, force landed Olmstead 6/4/43 after slight mid-air collision; Tinker 24/5/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-Y] Grafton Underwood 3/7/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Bob Swank, Ball turret gunner: Carl Johnson, Waist gunner: Pete Sorbo, Waist gunner: Chas Richey (4 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Bill Hoffmeyer, Navigator: Harry Bolin, Bombardier: Newell Perkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russell Kosse, Radio Operator: Bill Mattoon,Tail gunner: J.D. Martin (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Vollmershofen-Heidgen, six miles SW of Bonn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 288.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 13 April 2018
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