Source:
www.306bg.us
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-75-BO: 43-37874 to 43-38073 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 423rd Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 9656 |
| Fate: |
, Mid-air collision (22 October 1944) |
History of
B-17 43-37976 / Lilly Marlene
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/44; Kearney 1/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 8/11/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 22/10/44 with Capt Joe Mathis, Co-pilot: Maj Joe Lowe, Navigator: Gorman Siler, Bombardier: Ivan Brill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Maupin, Radio Operator: Bill Covington, Ball turret gunner: Creston Cooke, Waist gunner: Joe Kasmiersky,Tail gunner: Carroll Reimann (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 44-8099(306BG), crashed sea off Clacton, Essex, UK; Missing Air Crew Report 9656. LILLY MARLENE.
B-17 43-37976 / Lilly Marlene Details
MACR 8205 is asigned to B-17 #42-102976. This B-17 #43-37976 (Pilot: Capt. Joe Mathis, MACR 9656) lost on 22 Oktober 1944 by a mid-air-collision with B-17 #44-8099.
So, that means, these facts are wrong for this B-17
Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/44; Kearney 22/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 7/7/44; transferred 305BG Chelveston 8/7/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with ?; ditched Nth Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 8205. LILI MARLENE.
B-17 43-37976 / Lilly Marlene Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Joseph B. Mathis III | KIA | - |
| CP | MAJ | Joseph E. Lowe | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Gorman W. Siler | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Ivan Brill | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | John P. Maupin | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | William R. Covington | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Creston O. Cooke, Jr. | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joa A. Kasmiersky | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Carroll L. Reimann | KIA | - |
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