42-29553 Arkie ii
![B-17 42-29553 "Arkie II"](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/2023-02/Arkie%20II_0.png)
Object Number - UPL 60364 - B-17 42-29553 "Arkie II"
Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Salina 9/1/43; Homestead 18/2/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-D] Chelveston 4/3/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Wright Gerke, Co-pilot: Tom Reade, Navigator: Joe Costa, Bombardier: Jack Little, Ball turret gunner: Ed Keesling, Waist gunner: Joe Rowlison, Waist gunner: Herb Kalwa,Tail gunner: Joe Hall (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Fullerton, Radio Operator: Jim Chalker (2 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed near Munchen-Gladbach, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 252. ARKIE II.
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Units served with
![Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395050.jpg?itok=yTXjBhMl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Revisions
Nephew Wayne MacDowal,
He posted the Nickname name of the b17 s/n 42-29553 on a ww2 Facebook page.
Rechecked with him ..