Production-block:
B-17G-30-VE: 42-97736 to 42-97835
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 560th Bomb Squadron
Missions: 19
History of
B-17 42-97820 / True Love
Delivered Denver 7/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 27/4/44; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 1/5/44; MIA Fallersleben 20/6/44 Pilot: Ron McGrath, Co-Pilot: Bill DeWitt, Navigator: Vernon Spartz, Bombardier: E.R. Miller, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: H.L. Thibault, Radio Operator: N.B. Baber, photo-Sid Goloden, Waist Gunner: R.L. Spaulding, Tail Gunner: Chas Newton (10RTD); mid air coll w/42-97873; crew baled overHorsford/Felthorpe area, aircraft ditched North Sea off Cromer, Nfk. UK; No MACR. TRUE LOVE.
Last updated: 4. January 2019
B-17 42-97820 / True Love Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Ronald C. McGrath | RTD | - |
| CP | 2LT | William J. DeWitt Jr. | RTD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Vernon M. Spartz | RTD | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Eugene R. Miller | RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/3. | Howard Louis Thibault | RTD | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Hay N. Baber | RTD | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Nemo Pizzitola | RTD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Roy F. Lewis | RTD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Ross L. Spaulding | RTD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Charles L. Newton | RTD | - |
| PHOTO | T/SGT | Sidney Golden | RTD | - |
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