[Ivo de Jong]

B-17F 41-24397 301st BG, 325th BS, 'Phyllis'
Crew (all returned)
1/Lt Charles W. Paine Jr (pilot)
1/Lt Robert H. Long (co-pilot)
2/Lt John A. Thompson (nav)
2/Lt Stanley A. Komerick (bomb)
Sgt H.M Peterson (eng)
S/Sgt Walter G. Parcels (rop)
Sgt Tom J. Coburn Jr. (g)
Sgt A.N. Bouthillier (g)
S/Sgt T.L. Sheeder (g)
S/Sgt B.T. Taucher (tg)
T/O Chelveston, target Meaulte. On return a/c crashlanded at Gatwick with landing gear retracted. Three crewmembers were injured and the perspex nose section had to be removed to facilitate the removal of an injured crewmembers.
Details from Hey/Bishop 'losses of the 8th and 9th AF'.
Best regards,
Ivo de Jong
The Netherlands