| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 to 42-5904 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 94th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 410th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | GL-T |
| MACR | 789 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (14 October 1943) |
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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.
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This page was last updated on 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.
29. April 2025 access_time 4:00
My Dad was Burnie Hayes! He passed in 2000. He went up to Virginia? In the mid 90s and visited your Dad. I still have the newspaper article about their visit/reunion.