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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17G-40-DL: 44-6001 to 44-6125
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 358th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: VK-L
MACR: 8172
History of
B-17 44-6086 / My Blonde Baby
Delivered Tulsa 27/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-L] Molesworth 27/5/44; Missing in Action Cologne 15/8/44 with Oliver B. Larson, Co-pilot: George Kersting, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob O’Connor, Radio Operator: Don Mullaney, Ball turret gunner: Chas Sweeney, Waist gunner: Hubt Holland,Tail gunner: Norbert Philson (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Gard (evaded capture); Bombardier: John Draves (KIA-chute caught on wreckage); enemy aircraft, crashed Seffern, N of Bitburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8172. MY BLONDE BABY.
Last updated: 11. June 2022
B-17 44-6086 / My Blonde Baby Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Oliver B. Larson | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | George B. Kersting | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | John M. Gard | EVD | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | John L. Draves | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Robert E. O’Connor | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Donald F. Mullaney | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Charles R. Sweeney | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Huber D. Holland | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Norbert M. Philson | POW | - |
22. May 2019 access_time 17:27
Pilot was all the Olive B.Larson not Ollie Lawson.
22. May 2019 access_time 18:29
Thank you!
I have updated the full crew list.
05. February 2023 access_time 23:34
bottom row, 3rd from the left is Waist Gunner Horace J. Miller…that’s my grandaddy