Thursday, November 6, 2014

Boeing B-17F, 42-5821


B-17F-25, s/n 42-5821, "Cindy", 527th Bombardment Squadron, 379th Bombardment Group, England, 5 August 1943
 
Crew (no specific order)
F/O David W. Rees - pilot (POW)
2nd Lt. Clair M. Dietrich - co-pilot (POW)
2nd Lt. William L. Busch - navigator (POW)
2nd Lt. Ernest A. Galloway - bombardier (POW)
T/Sgt. John T. Brennan - (KIA)
S/Sgt. Dominick P Fiorani - ball turret gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. Stanley M Govern - tail gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. Chester H. Lundquist - right waist gunner (KIA)
T/Sgt. Joseph L. Murphy - radio operator  (KIA)
Sgt. James A Williams - left waist gunner (KIA)
 
The aircraft was lost on 12 August 1943 near Gelsenkirchen, Germany

 

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