Production-block:
B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 562nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: HB-770
MACR: 7362
Missions: 1
History of
B-17 42-97107
Delivered Bismark 2/2/44; Dorval 4/2/44; Assigned: RAF [HB-770]; Transferred: USAAF 7/4/44; ass 562BS/388BG Knettishall 1/7/44; MIA French RR juncts 8/7/44 Pilot: Bob Gill, George Oliver, John West, Don McKinney, Gunnar Sand, John Thorpe, Leon Stawasz, Theo Poage {tg} (8POW); Hubert Bishop, Melvin Hansen, Capt Virgil Wilcox {mission pilot} (3EVD); flak, crashed Abbeville, Fr. MACR 7362.
Last updated: 16. December 2018
B-17 42-97107 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Robert Edward Gill | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | Hubert L. Bishop | EVD | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Melvin Oliver Hanson | EVD | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | George Irving Oliver | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | John Paul West | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Donald Marshall McKinney | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Gunnar Sand | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John Dennis Thorpe | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Leon Peter Stawasz | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Theodore R. Poage | POW | - |
| OBS | CPT | Virgil L. Wilcox | EVD | Mission Pilot |
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