{"id":8533,"date":"2018-07-03T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=8533"},"modified":"2025-09-28T10:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T08:15:54","slug":"42-3312","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3312\/","title":{"rendered":"42-3312"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Extract from S-2 Mission Report Regarding B-17F 42-3312<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After bombs away, at 1900 hours near and just north of Paris at about 25000 feet, aircraft #312 flying #2 position lead squadron, 390th Group, observed to peel out of formation. #312 flew out to the right of formation, lost altitude, and then passed beneath formation. No fire, smoke or apparent distress seen. Aircraft #312 was under control when last seen heading south with all 4 (four) engines running. No chutes seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About time #312 peeled out of formation, intense accurate flak encountered by 390th Group, and crews believe #312 damaged by flak. One crew reported aircraft #312 after leaving formation near Paris with one engine feathered, &#8220;hit the deck&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: MACR 5927<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Cheyenne 5\/5\/43; Dow Fd 13\/7\/43; Assigned 570BS\/390BG [DI-K] Framlingham 14\/7\/43. On Duren mission 20\/10\/43 with Charles Swafford , Lts. Gene Corbin &#038; Clarry Cobb, Sgts. Lambert Geerlings &#038; Harry Daniels all bailed but were KIA, (possibly fired on while in chutes) however the plane returned. (MACR 14417) Missing in Action Huls 22\/6\/44 with Jim Bonner, Co-pilot: Leon Schapiro, Navigator: Dean JensenWounded in Action, Bombardier: Gene Friedman, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Bob Knobel, Ball turret gunner: Bob Rhoades, Waist gunner: Albt Gregoris, Waist gunner: Jim Grant,Tail gunner: Elvin Clinkenbeard (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Lowry Kelley (Killed in Action). Flak KO\u2019d engine, crashed La Sablonniere, near Dreux, near Chartres, France. (Missing Air Crew Report 5927). 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