Production-block:
B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 509th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: RQ-X
MACR: 5327 / KSU/ME/KU: 2045
History of
B-17 42-97149
Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Gr Island 23/2/44; Presque Is 13/3/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-X] Polebrook 26/3/44; Missing in Action {13m} Mannheim 27/5/44 with Tedfred Myers, Co-pilot: Clarry Butrum, Navigator: Henry Roszyk, Bombardier: Vernon Naass, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Stanford, Radio Operator: Edwin Draper{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Avon Roysden, Waist gunner: Woodrow Blackburn, Waist gunner: Bill Mansmann{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: John Denton (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Baldenheim, six miles SE of Alsace, Fr., 25 miles SW of Strasbourg; Missing Air Crew Report 5327.
Last updated: 2. July 2022
B-17 42-97149 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Tedfred E. Myers, Jr. | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Clarence A. Butrum | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Henry M. Roszyk | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Vernon N. Nass | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Walter C. Stanford | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Edwin S. Draper | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Avon Roysden | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Woodrow W. Blackburn | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William J. Mansmann | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | John M. Denton | POW | - |
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