Production-block:
B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 to 42-5904
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 410th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GL-T
MACR: 789
History of
B-17 42-5901 / Superstituous Aloysius
Delivered Long Beach 28/4/43; Denver 2/5/43; Tinker 13/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-T] Earls Colne 25/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Ed Reed, Co-pilot: Sid Bledsoe, Navigator: John Oerther, Bombardier: Burnie Hayes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Virgil Epperson, Radio Operator: Earl Morris, Ball turret gunner: Howard McGavack, Waist gunner: Bob Elliott,Tail gunner: Joe O’Brien (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Jim Flener (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set wing on fire, crashed near Landa, between Wurzburg & Mannheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 789. SUPERSTITUOUS ALOYSIUS.
Last updated: 10. July 2017
13. December 2022 access_time 15:04
My dad was Earl Morris , radio operator on Superstitious Aliwishious. First time I have seen this info , after yrs of looking. All names match what my dad had. So thankful for info.