Thank you kindly!
I have been gathering what I could for a couple weeks. Still have some family feelers out there, so hopefully more information is coming. But here is the sum of what I got regarding 42-3195. Thought people in this thread might be interested...
14 Oct 1943 | B-17 42-3195 "Kayos" 305th Bomb Group / 366th Bomb Squadron
I am the co-pilot's (Bush) grandson. This is a collection of what happened on "Kayos" to the best of my gathering:
Crashed Waldenrath, near Geilenkirchen, 17 miles N of Aachen, Ger by a German Pilot Ofw Heckman 1/JG1...
Old thread, I know. I am just hopping on here because my grandpa (Bush) was the co-pilot on this plane. He passed back in 2010. I've always been interested in his story, but watching Masters of the Air really rekindled it. It is great that there are places like this where we can gather and...