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Source:
www.vestmuseum.dk
Production-block:
B-17F-25-VE: 42-5805 to 42-5854
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 547th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: SO-P
MACR: 1483
History of
B-17 42-5838 / Mad Money II
Delivered Long Beach 13/3/43; Denver 20/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 2/5/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-P] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; Missing in Action Keil 4/1/44 with Bill Kaczaraba, Co-pilot: Myron Morgan, Navigator: Marvin Horsky, Bombardier: Theo Wirth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Honeycutt, Radio Operator: Wilbur Peifer, Ball turret gunner: Sol Craden, Waist gunner: Pete Parker, Waist gunner: Harry Gilrane,Tail gunner: George Polley (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Asnaes, three miles SW of Kalunborg, Sjaelland, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 1483. MAD MONEY II.
Last updated: 12. April 2018
B-17 42-5838 / Mad Money II Details
B-17 42-5838 / Mad Money II Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | William Kaczaraba | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Myron C. Morgan | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Marvin L. Horsky | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Theodore M Wirth | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | John S. Honeycutt | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Wilbur A. Peifer | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Solomon Craden | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Peter F. Parker | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Harry A. Gilrane | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | George G. Polley Jr. | POW | - |
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