42-32096 HANGOVER

B-17G-10-BO 42-32096

711th SQ

 

Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/44; Kearney 5/2/44; Presque Is 18/2/44; Assigned 711BS/477BG Rattlesden 22/2/44.

 

Flight listings for 42-32096

These lists are NOT limited to officially credited Combat missions, and may include Aborts, returns and non-takeoff occurrences as well.

447th Mission (Date) Target Pilot Notes
#27 (04-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Greenwell, W. R. ABORT Ball Turret won’t elevate
#28 (06-Mar-44) Berlin, Germany Johnson, P. W.  
#34 (16-Mar-44) Augsburg, Germany Huckins, W. C. MISSING

 

Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44.

Wesley Huckins Pilot POW
George Preas Co-pilot POW
Art Durante Navigator POW
Bob Davis Ball turret gunner POW
Alan Reid Waist gunner POW
Dan Carroll Tail gunner POW
Walt Chudleigh Bombardier KIA (chute failed)
Earl Merritt Flight engineer/top turret gunner KIA
Rick Krecker Radio Operator Evaded capture
Ken Downie Waist gunner Evaded capture

Missing Air Crew Report 3187. Crashed Ferme de Longchamps, 2km NW of Perthes, seven miles W of Saint-Dizier, France.

 

 

Wesley Huckins, Pilot.

 

 

 


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