CREW MEMBER LIST AND PARTS OF B17G, "THE IRISH ORPHANS"

Hello to everyone,
 
I am looking out for the crewmember-list of the B17G "The Irish Orphans". Does such a document exist? This plane crashed on May 10th 1944 in Lower Austria. I found some parts of it in the woods. Maybe somebody can help me identify them?
On the one part I found some serial numbers. 3-14911 and 6-10473. Maybe someone owns a spare-part-list of a B17G. Thanks for any help.
 
nice regards from Austria,
 
Kurtl

Danny, thank you very much!
From where you got such an manual? That sounds so great. I would like to see it. Can you post it here or send it to my email adress?
Kurtl

Marty....A check of the abmc website www.abmc.gov  and the 775th BS 463rd BG shows Brisson, Nickelopolous, and Punzar buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery., France
Kennedy,and Dawson are buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery, France.

Whether the other members survived, or were KIA and remains returned to a local cemetery, are unknown, as far as the abmc website is concerned....only the MACR and IDPF will tell for sure.

Jim :-) 

Hi,

Farrington and Mohler both became POW's, the rest of the crew perrished.

The 775th Bomber Squadron  were ALL "The Irish Orphans". Named because of the scarcity of Irish in the Squadron, (Irish-Americans I presume).
 
KURTL, Please look in the thread on Pete's Playhouse in this section of armyairforce .com. Crews names are all there.

Alex

Hi Kurtl,
I am from Wiener Neustadt, the city wich were bombed by the 463rd BG on the 10th of May. I think I have some useful information. I published a book over the Air War over Wiener Neustadt during WW II. On that certain day the 15th USAAF lost 30 bombers and four fighters over Wiener Neustadt. It was one of the greatest Air battles over Austria during the WWII. 7 B17 were lost by the 463rd BG. Three groups on that day had no sufficient esort. One of them was the 463rd BG. Pete´s Playhouse and Irish Orpahns were both shot down on that day. There is something wrong with the MACR´s of that two planes. Some dates were mixed up:
1. Pete´s Playhouse 42-31685: The Dwyer Plane. MACR 4660 The plane was named after the copilot. His name was Pete. The plane crashed in Vöstenhof south of Wiener Neustadt. 5 bailed out. 5 were killed.
2. Irish Orphans 42-31804: The Gowen Plane. MACR 4723. The name of the plane came from the sqadron. The plane crashed near Lichtenwörth east of Wiener Neustadt. 2 bailed out. 8 were killed.
In the two MACR´s the mixed up the serials of the planes. So that means 42-31804 crashed in Lichtenwörth and 42-31685 crashed in Vösenhof. It is mentioned in the wrong way in the MACR´s. The two serials and all the number of the maschine guns were mixed up.
I have a picture of the Gowen crew and a picture of the Irish Orphans in my book. I also have a picture of the crew of the Dwyer crew. Where did you find the parts of the B17. If it was Lichtenwörth, then it was the "Irish Orphans", thats for sure. 
                                                     Greetings Max

Hello Kurt,
My Uncle, 1 Lt Stanley N. Dwyer, was the pilot of Pete's Playhouse.  He is MIA.  My dad was also a B-17 pilot with the 8th AF.  We recently visited Austria and the crash site and erected a memorial stone to the fallen crew.
As for the crew:
1 Lt Stanley N. Dwyer - pilot - MIA
TSgt John J. Boros - Flt Eng/top turret - MIA
2nd Lt Francis Gilhooley - navigator - KIA - originally buried in local cemetery
                                        disinterred to USA--buried in New York
TSgt Prescott C. Piper - toggler - KIA - originally buried in local cemetery
                                     distinterred to US Military Cemetery, Neuville-en
                                     Condroz, Liege, Belgium
SSgt William Olfenius - tailgunner - KIA - originally buried in local cemetery
                                     disinterred to US Military Cemetery, Neuville-en
                                     Condroz, Liege, Belgium
TSgt George D. Mitchell - radio operator - POW
SSgt Eugene Parker - ball turret - POW
SSgt John Boyett - waist gunner - POW
SSgt Stephen Milewski - waist gunner - POW
2 Lt Manley Dale - co-pilot - POW
 
Historiker has correct info.  Contact me offline for more info.
 

Leo H. Brisson was my uncle, if any of you have information or knew him, any information would be greatly appreciated!
 
Thank you.