B17 42-31212 shot down 5.1.1944

[maxwell]

looking for details of b17 shot down over brittany 5.1.1944 by fw-190 i believe anyone know whot shot it down, or any other note son the plane, found some info on some of the crew but not all so far.

[Chris Goss]

This aircraft came down at Kermoroux and the co-pilot, Ralph Patton, now heads up the USAF E&E Society. However, I cannot be certain who shot it down

[cheesey]

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.