"I'll Get By" (QW-Z / red) B-17G-55-BO Flying Fortress s/n 42-102700 412th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Shot down on August 2,1944 tactical bombing mission to the Caen, France area, all but three crewmembers were killed. Plane was hit in the wing by flak, knocking off the wing tip. The plane veered to left and caught fire, then exploded. They were flying as deputy lead crew for this mission. MACR 7701 Crew on last mission: Capt. Elmer E. Bockman - Command Pilot (O-2044718) Fort Sumner, New Mexico ....................KIA - buried in Normandy American Cemetery / Plot B, Row 22, Grave 3 Capt. Robert O. Baber - Pilot (O-375909) Dodge City, Kansas ....................KIA - buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery in Salina, Kansas 1st Lt. Jasper W. Kaylor, Jr. - Co-Pilot (O-817042) Atlanta, Georgia ....................KIA 1st Lt. Raymond D. Dallas - Navigator (O-696069) Paducah, Kentucky ....................KIA - buried in Normandy American Cemetery / Plot I, Row 25, Grave 4 1st Lt. Frank T. Sohn - Bombardier (O-754983) Kingston, New York ....................KIA T/Sgt. Oscar C. Walrod - Engineer/Top Turret Gunner (19004514) Axtell, Kansas ....................KIA - buried in Correctionville Cemetery, Iowa T/Sgt. Robert V. Hill - Radio Operator (35644893) Franklin Furnace, Ohio ....................KIA - buried in Normandy American Cemetery / Plot B, Row 23, Grave 3 S/Sgt. Donald W. Phillips - Ball Turret Gunner (15377309) Alliance, Ohio ....................POW S/Sgt. Barney Lipkin - Waist Gunner (32695273) Brooklyn, New York ....................POW S/Sgt. Walter J. Collyer,Jr. - Tail Gunner (32804322) Brooklyn, New York ....................POW - Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow