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Re: B17 42-31212 shot down 5.1.1944
B-17G-5-BO 42-31212.
331st Bomb Sqn., 94th Bomb Group.
Crew as follows:
Pilot - 1st Lt. Glen B. Johnson
Co-Pilot - 2nd Lt. Ralph K. Patton
Navigator - 2nd Lt. Milton L. Church Jr
Bombardier - 2nd Lt. Jack Mc Gough
Radio Op - T/Sgt. Kenneth O. Blye
Ball Turret - S/Sgt. James L. Stubblefield (KIA)
Engineer/Top Turret - T/Sgt. Ralph Hall
Tail Gunner - S/Sgt. Carlton V. Coleman (KIA)
Right Waist Gunner/Asst. Engineer - S/Sgt. Isadore C. Viola
Left Waist Gunner - S/Sgt. William A. Monson (KIA)
All other crew Returned To Duty (RTD). Aircraft hit by fighters and struck the ground near Mael-Carhaix, Cotes-du-Nord. Believed one chute failed to open and one chute caught on tail of aircraft leading to the loss of the two crew above. This taken from MACR.
Hope this helps.....Steve.
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