Production-block:
B-17G-25-VE: 42-97636 to 42-97735
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 366th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: KY-A
MACR: 5939 / KSU/ME/KU: 822 A
History of
B-17 42-97647
Delivered Denver 17/1/44; 1SAG Langley 27/2/44; Grenier 1/4/44; Assigned: 482BG Alconbury 4/44; Transferred: 366BS/305BG [KY-A] Chelveston 16/5/44; MIA Hamburg 18/6/44 Pilot: Col Ernest Lawson (C.O.), Co-Pilot: Capt Homer Claymore, Navigator: Capt Gene Mack, ex/n-Capt Dave Dunagin, m/op-Lt Dick Bushnell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Martin Glassman, Radio Operator: Littleton Taylor, Waist Gunner: Bill Georske, Waist Gunner: Roger Lord, Tail Gunner: Lt Doug McLeod (10KIA); Bombardier: Steve Wurtz (POW); direct flak hit knocked off tail, crashed Deutche Werft Factory, Norderel Strasse, Hamburg, Germany. MACR 5939.
Last updated: 16. October 2021
B-17 42-97647 Details
Lead ship seen to be hit directly by flak at target; tail off-went down into clouds in a steep glide. Tail assembly was blown completely off. Some A/C report that three chutes were seen coming out of plane, others report no parachutes seen.
Source: MACR 5939
B-17 42-97647 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | COL | Ernest H. Lawson | KIA | - |
| CP | CPT | Homer W. Glaymore | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Eugene F. Mack | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Stephen H. Wurtz | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Martin Glassman | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Littleton A. Taylor | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William M. Georske | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Roger E. Lord | KIA | - |
| TG | 1LT | Douglas J. McLeod, Jr. | KIA | - |
| NAV2 | CPT | David L. Dunagin | KIA | - |
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