Production-block:
B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 to 42-5904
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 336th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: ET-D
MACR: 216
History of
B-17 42-5882 / Spook III
Delivered Long Beach 20/4/43; Smoky Hill 27/4/43; Presque Is 27/5/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-D] Framlingham 4/6/43; Horham 15/6/43; with H. O’Neal force landed RAF St Eval, Cornwall 28/6/43; 6m Missing in Action 28/7/43 with Francis Regan, Co-pilot: Bill Parker, Navigator: Tom Nix{body washed up on Danish beach}, Bombardier: Warren Guenther, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Starkebaum, Radio Operator: Alonzo Paul, Ball turret gunner: Bill Brunson, Waist gunner: Harry Lofton, Waist gunner: Sam Wilderson,Tail gunner: Merle Fear (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 216. SPOOK III.
Last updated: 5. May 2017
B-17 42-5882 / Spook III Details
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18. June 2024 access_time 12:56
looking for more Info on Alonso Paul. he is my Great Uncle. My grandfather’s Twin.
02. November 2024 access_time 16:04
Alonzo G. Paul: DOB 7/17/1918
Father: Alonzo Henry Paul
Mother: Laura Shafer
Was born and lived in Belvidere, NJ
Siblings: Helen, William, twins Carl and Earl
03. November 2024 access_time 18:07
Alonzo Paul was my father. He was the radio operator on Spook III. He was one of five children and did not have a twin. My previous post listed his parents and his siblings.