Boeing B-17F-85-BO Fortress, 42-30043. Delivered Cheyenne to 3/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned to the 547BS/384BG [SO-V] Grafton Underwood on 29 May 1943; Missing in Action Frankfurt 4 October 1943 with Giles Felker Kauffman, Co-pilot: George Molnar, Navigator: Frank Pogorzelski, Bombardier: James J. Lacroix, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: William Jarrell, Radio Operator: Jules Theodore Beck, Ball turret gunner: Jacob M. Martinez, Waist gunner: Paul Spodar, Waist gunner: Peter Seniansky, Tail gunner: Stanley Thomas Reuben (10 Returned to Duty); ditched North Sea, all rescued by HM drifter 'Lord Keith'.
This was my grandfather's bomber. Arthur E. Copeland. He was the navigator. Where can I obtain official copies of these pictures or reference where the originals are kept?
This was my grandfather's bomber. Arthur E. Copeland. He was the navigator. Where can I obtain official copies of these pictures or reference where the originals are kept?