Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 to 42-5904 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 388th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 560th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 3118 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (05 January 1944) |
| Missions: | 33 |
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History of
B-17 42-5899 / Sioux City Queen
Delivered Long Beach 27/4/43; Sioux City 4/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; MIA Bordeaux 5/1/44 Pilot: Norman Kempton, Navigator: Stan Plytynski, Bombardier: Bill LaForce, Radio Operator: Lou Mostardi, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Emil Taddeo, Tail Gunner: Hamp Nicholson (6EVD); Waist Gunner: Ray Evtuch, Waist Gunner: Joe Derouin (2POW); Co-Pilot: Paul Davis, Ball Turret Gunner: Eldridge Saulter (2KIA); battle damage, crashed Cartujac, near Saint-Laurent-et-Benon, Fr. MACR 3118. SIOUX CITY QUEEN.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-5899 / Sioux City Queen Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Norman P. Kempton | EVD | - |
| CP | 2LT | Paul Edwin Davis | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Stanley A. Plytynski | EVD | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | William R. LaForce | EVD | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Emil W. Taddeo | EVD | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Louis J. Mostardi | EVD | - |
| BT | SGT | Eldridge John Sautter | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Raymond S. Evtuch | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joseph Matthew De Rouin | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Hamp B. Nicholson Jr. | EVD | - |
This page was last updated on 09 December 2018
21. May 2025 access_time 16:21
My father Stg. Melvin F. Larson was the Right Waist Gunner on this aircraft. He was from Worcester, Massachusets.