42-31219

B-17G-5-BO 42-31219

710th SQ

 

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 22/11/43, crashed on take off from Goose Bay, Labrador, at Lake Melville en route UK, with Capt Lester White.  

 

Capt Lester White Pilot
Lt. Frank Haag Co-Pilot
Lt. Tom Cannon Navigator (Cameron?)
Lt. Gilligen Moseley Bombardier
T/Sgt Martin Slattery Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
T/Sgt Alfred Haag Radio Operator
Sgt George Oakley Ball Turret Gunner
Cpl Ray Hodges Waist Gunner
Sgt Lorenz Kirchoff Waist Gunner (Body Never Recovered)
Sgt Gus Farmer Tail Gunner

 

West Point photo of Lester White (Pilot)

 

 

 


Some photos/information provided by:

  • Kelly O’Neil, granddaughter of Sgt. Oakley
  • Daniel Bon

Some information and/or images sourced from the American Air Museum database