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Flying Fortress B-17G 42-102700 "I'll Get By" 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF. Photo includes; Oscar Walrod, Frank Sohm, Donald Phillips, Barney Lipkin, Jasper Kaylor, Robert Hill, Raymond Dallas, Walter Collyer, Elmer Bockman, and Robert Baber.
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Flew in B-17F "Miss Carry" and B-17G "I'll Get By".
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Military | Captain | Pilot
Pilot B-17 42-102700 "I'll Get By" Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-8-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Captain | Command Pilot, Pilot, Mission
Mission Command Pilot B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700. Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Tail Gunner B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux on 2-Aug-44, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7701
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
Navigator B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-8-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator
Radio Operator B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-8-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Co-Pilot B-17 42-102700 "I'll Get By", Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-Aug-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7701
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner
Right Waist Gunner in B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux on 2/8/44. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Ball Turret Gunner in B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux on 2/8/44. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier
B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux. 2-8-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
B-17 Flying Fortress
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...
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| 26 May 2017 21:47:52 | WD-C Mustang | Changes to caption |
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| 20 December 2015 10:53:40 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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