42-102700 I'll Get By
Object Number - UPL 19588 - Nose art of Flying Fortress B-17G 42-102700 "I'll Get By" 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Dow Fd 3/5/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Z] Horham 4/5/44; 22m, Missing in Action Paris 2/8/44 with Capt Bob Baber, Co-pilot: Jasper Kaylor, Navigator: Ray Dallas, Bombardier: Frank Sohm, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Oscar Walrod, Radio Operator: Bill Hill, obs-Capt Elmer Bockman mission pilot (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Don Phillips, Waist gunner: Barney Lipkin,Tail gunner: Walt Collyer (3 Prisoner of War); flak set left wing on fire, crashed Cesny-aux-Vignes, SE of Caen, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 7701. I'LL GET BY.
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
2 August 1944 - 2 August 1944 | Missing in Action Paris 2/8/44. Cause - flak set left wing on fire, crashed Cesny-aux-Vignes, SE of Caen, France. (3 x POW, 7 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR7701. |