B-17F 42-30813 "Queen Jeannie" was delivered Cheyenne 31-Jul-43; Seattle 1-Aug-43; Cheyenne 2-Aug-43; Scott 10-Aug-43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-L] Thurleigh 2-Sep-43; Missing in Action 14-Oct-43 on mission to bomb the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, Germany. Aircraft was attacked by fighters which caused it to break in half. It crashed near Dorne, Belgium. 5KIA, 5POW MACR 820.
P 2Lt Robert McCallum (KIA);
CP 2Lt Homer D. Fitzer (KIA)
N 2Lt Albert J. Prentice (POW;
B 2Lt Paul V. Manning (POW)
E/TTG TSgt Marvin L. Bartlett (POW);
RO TSgt John W. Drennan (KIA)
BTG SSgt James E. Dunford (KIA);
LWG SSgt Ned L. Bostic (KIA)
RWG SSgt Austin H. Sadler (POW);
TG SSgt Willard H. McQuarrie (POW)
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