Production-block:
B-17G-90-BO 43-38474 to 43-38673
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 561st Bomb Squadron
Fate:
MACR: 9480
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History of
B-17 43-38578
Delivered Cheyenne 20/8/44; Lincoln 7/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 1/10/44; Missing in Action Cologne 17/10/44; flak, crashed Koblenz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9480.
Last updated: 12. July 2017
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B-17 43-38578 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Harold Edward Resch | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | James Marvin Fraser | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | George Calvin Miner | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Donald Sjaardema | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | George Thomas (Pop) Crowder | POW | - |
| RO | SGT | Herbert G. Jacobs | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Anthony J. Checchia | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Archie L. Gollen | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Chester Hickman Mitchell | POW | - |
24. February 2025 access_time 5:33
James Marvin Fraser was sent to the gas chamber with a bunch of prisoners, as he was taken into the building a German prison guard recognized him as an old college buddy and spared the lives of the entire group. According to my mother.