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Re: 42-3030 confusion ?
Aircraft lost 5th April 1943 under command of a 5 man ferry crew from 20th Ferry Group, 70th Squadron. The five crew are commemorated on the Tablets of the missing at North Africa American Cemetery. They are:
RO 35459089 Ralph D Bingham Sgt. OH 5 4 1943 B-17F # 42-3030 Missing over Atlantic Ocean on ferry flight from Marrakech to St. Eval. MACR 5662 FOD 20FrG/70FrS
N O-664899 Louis A Koenig 2nd Lt. NJ 5 4 1943 B-17F # 42-3030 Missing over Atlantic Ocean on ferry flight from Marrakech to St. Eval. MACR 5662 FOD 20FrG/70FrS
P O-501971 Kermit A Carte Capt. FL 5 4 1943 B-17F # 42-3030 Missing over Atlantic Ocean on ferry flight from Marrakech to St. Eval. MACR 5662 FOD 20FrG/71FrS
CP O-501972 Wilbert Councill 1st Lt. LA 5 4 1943 B-17F # 42-3030 Missing over Atlantic Ocean on ferry flight from Marrakech to St. Eval. MACR 5662 FOD 20FrG/71FrS
E 18120733 Edmund D Werner Cpl NM 5 4 1943 B-17F # 42-3030 Missing over Atlantic Ocean on ferry flight from Marrakech to St. Eval. MACR 5662 FOD 20FrG/71FrS
Sean
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