"Miss Donna Mae II"
Boeing B-17G-20-BO Flying Fortress
s/n 42-31540
332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
Lost on the May 19,1944 mission to Berlin,Germany. All eleven men aboard were KIA. MACR 4946
The plane drifted out of position and under another B-17(Lockheed-Vega B-17G-30-VE s/n 42-97791 named "Trudy" also from the 332nd) while on the bomb run. One of the upper planes 1,000lb. bombs tore the left horizontal stabilizer off and sent the plane into an uncontrollable spin, trapping the crew inside. The stress from the spin tore the wings off at around 13,000 feet.
1st Lt. Marion U. Reid - Pilot (KIA)
2nd Lt. Lewis T. Carter - Copilot (KIA)
2nd Lt. Roger F. Tessier - Navigator (KIA)
2nd Lt. Stanley D. Duffield - Bombardier (KIA)
T/Sgt. Lee Z. Kieffer - Engineer/Top Turret Gunner (KIA)
T/Sgt. John F. Boone - Radio Operator (KIA)
T/Sgt. John B. Davis - Radar Operator (KIA)
S/Sgt. Ludwig H. Huth - Ball Turret Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. Richard E. Brennan - Right Waist Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. James A. Kalahar - Left Waist Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. Willard M. Christensen - Tail Gunner (KIA)