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Source:
www.388bg.info
Production-block:
B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 563rd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 7745
History of
B-17 42-97171 / 4th Term aka Raider Maiden
Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG [L] Knettishall 12/3/44; Missing in Action Paris 2/8/44 with Don Balboni (Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Fufaro (evaded capture); Co-pilot: Willard Spangler, Navigator: Arthur Read, Bombardier: Earl Simanek, Radio Operator: Ed Monroe, Ball turret gunner: Lou Legrand, Waist gunner: Walt Knudson,Tail gunner: Laverne Kaasa (7 Prisoner of War); flak, bellied in Pierrelaye, SE of Pontoise, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 7745. 4TH TERM.
Last updated: 6. August 2017
B-17 42-97171 / 4th Term aka Raider Maiden Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Donald Lawrence Balboni | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Willard George Spangler | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Arthur Marshall Read | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Earl Louis Simanek | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | --- | Ernest William Furfaro | POW | - |
| RO | SGT | Edward E. Monroe | POW | - |
| BT | --- | Louis E. LeGrand | POW | - |
| WG | --- | Walter Herbert Knudson | UNK | - |
| TG | SGT | Laverne D. Kaasa | POW | - |
24. February 2023 access_time 13:29
My grandfather, John (Jack) Blundell was tailgunner and that’s him all the way to left. under the 4. He always said he was the tallest guy to squeeze into the tail! He wanted to be a pilot but his eyesight prohibited him from being in the cockpit. True heros every one of them.