42-5723
B-17F-5-VE 42-5723 [PU:D] was delivered Long Beach 30-Sep-42; Tulsa 4-Oct-42; Wayne 5-Nov-42; Salina 27-Nov-42; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-D] at Molesworth, UK 13-Feb-43; battle damaged over Vegasak on 18-Mar-43 crash landed with wheels up in field four miles south of the base; Salvaged 19-Mar-43. 10RTD. No MACR issued.
Participated in 5 Operations (NO aborts) See Biography events for crew information.
Connections
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31094912
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner, Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16019853
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18065172
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-725552
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16084682
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1, B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 26 February 1943 | CREW B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS P 1LT Loyd D. Griffin (RTB); CP 2LT Walter C. Swanson (RTB) N 2LT William M. Preston (RTB); B 2LT Robert L. Taylor (RTB) E/TTG TSGT William M. Eason (RTB); RO TSGT Vernon E. Schwartz (RTB) BTG SSGT Louis W. Rheaume (RTB); LWG SSGT Claude A. Hamilton (RTB) RWG SGT Paul E. Henderson (RTB): TG SSGT Lynwood D. Weigand (RTB) |
Other Mission #2, B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS |
Brest, France | 27 February 1943 | CREW B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS P 1LT Martin E. Plocher (RTB); CP 2LT Clair A. Tyler (RTB) N 2LT Ellera J. Corwin (RTB); B 2LT William F. Kahlden (RTB) E/TTG SSGT Edwin L. Matheson (RTB); RO TSGT Everett E. Friese (RTB) BTG SSGT Theodore G. Swanson (RTB); LWG SGT Robert L. Stevenson (RTB) RWG TSGT Henry R. Legge (RTB); TG SSGT August E. Tornow (RTB) |
Other Mission #3, B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS |
Rennes, France | 8 March 1943 | CREW B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS P 1LT Loyd D. Griffin (RTB); CP 2LT Walter C. Swanson (RTB) N 2LT William M. Preston (RTB); B 2LT Robert L. Taylor (RTB) E/TTG TSGT William M. Eason (RTB); RO TSGT Vernon E. Schwartz (RTB) BTG SGT Robert Plummer (RTB); LWG SGT Paul E. Henderson (RTB) RWG SSGT Samuel L. Edwards (RTB): TG SSGT Lynwood D. Weigand (RTB) |
Other Mission #4, B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS |
Amiens, France | 13 March 1943 | CREW B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS P 1LT Loyd D. Griffin (RTB); CP 2LT Walter C. Swanson (RTB) N 2LT William M. Preston (RTB); B/TOG SSGT Claude A. Hamilton (RTB) E/TTG TSGT William M. Eason (RTB); RO TSGT Vernon E. Schwartz (RTB) BTG SGT Robert Plummer (RTB); LWG SGT Joseph S. Klasnick (RTB) RWG SSGT Samuel L. Edwards (RTB): TG SSGT Lynwood D. Weigand (RTB) |
Crashed |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 18 March 1943 | Sustained battle damage on mission to Vegesack, Germany made a wheels-up landing upon return in a field four miles south of the base at Molesworth, UK. Aircraft salvaged, crew OK. |
Other Mission #5, B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS |
Bremen-Vegesack, Bremen, Germany | 18 March 1943 | CREW B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS P 1LT Lloyd D. Griffin (RTD); CP 1LT Walter C. Swanson (RTD) N 1LT William M. Preston (RTD); B 1LT Herman C. Currie (RTD) E/TTG TSGT William M. Easton (RTD); RO TSGT Vernon E. Schwartz (RTD) BTG SGT Robert Plummer (RTD); LWG SSGT Claude A. Hamilton (RTD) RWG SSGT Samuel L. Edwards (RTD) TG SSGT Lynwood D. Viegand (RTD) |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/024.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/023.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 8-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/021.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 27-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/018.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission 31 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 26-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/017.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Made connections to All Missions per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, 303BG Mission Reports: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 3-Aug-2015. Added Block Number, Manufacturer and Markings per "Losses of the 8ht & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Made Connetions to Unit, Place and Mission within existing website data; Converted dates in decription to military-syle signification; Added crew position, rank, full proper name, and disposition of all crw memebers and formatted crew display per 303BG website Mission Report of 18-Mar-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/024.pdf