Boeing B-17F, 42-5243

B-17F-40 BO, s/n 42-5243, "F.D.R.'s Potato Peeler Kids", 303rd Bombardment Group, 359th Bombardment Squadron, England, 18 February 1943

 

Crew from left to right

Standing

Capt. Ross C. Bales - pilot*

2nd Lt. Walter Eppes Dooley - co-pilot*

2nd Lt. Paul M. Thomas - bombardier

2nd Lt. Richard C. Browning - navigator

kneeling

Sgt. Homer T. Perkins - waist gunner

S/Sgt. Raymond K. Winter Jr. - engineer*

Sgt. Jack D. Snell - tail gunner*

S/Sgt. Raymond H. Kilgore - radio operator*

S/Sgt. Joseph G. "Zip" Zsampar - ball turret gunner*

 

*crew lost on 14 May 1943

 

This aircraft was lost over the North Sea on a mission with the target of Kiel on 14 May 1943 with the loss of all crew members.