42-107225
Aircraft 42-107225
scanned these photos from personal photo album of George Keating
Some are from training, others are from Deopham Green
Object Number - UPL 25019 - Steve Andrychuk, flight engineer with ground crew, including mechanics, armorers, and others Aircraft 42-107225
Delivered Tulsa 28/3/44; Kearney 6/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 22/4/44; damaged in taxi collision with 42-97206 at Harwick Afd 7/6/44; Missing in Action Eindhoven 9/8/44 with Horace Bradshaw, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Martin (2 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Tim Ahren, Navigator: Bill Farriss, Bombardier: George Blanford, Radio Operator: Mike Billey, Waist gunner: Alex Jablonski,Tail gunner: Bill Kirk (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Frank Doucette (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Eindhoven, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 7388.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 9 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7388 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database