| Allgemein | |
|---|---|
| Hersteller: | Boeing |
| Produktionsblock: | , B-17F-30-BO: 42-5050 bis 42-5078 |
| Ausgeliefert: | Cheyenne |
| Einsatzgeschichte | |
|---|---|
| Bomber-Gruppe: | , 301st Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Group |
| Bomber-Staffel: | , 346th Bomb Squadron, 353rd Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 1129 |
| Schicksal: |
, vom Einsatz nicht zurückgekehrt (10 November 1943) |
| Einsätze: | 71 |
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Geschichte der
B-17 42-5061
Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/42; New Castle 12/10/42; Assigned 353BS/301BG Chelveston 1/11/42; Tarafaoui 26/11/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; {71m} transferred 346BS/99BG Navarin 8/1/43; Gen Doolittle aboard mission to Kiarouan Afd 9/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Missing in Action Bolzano 10/11/43, with Jerry Wickcliffe, DeWitt, Ellsworth, Isert, Hogan, Arlinghaus, Chestnut, Auzniarek, Pinkard (9 Killed in Action); Prochaska (Prisoner of War); crashed north of Brescia, Italy; Missing Air Crew Report 1129.
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19. April 2024 access_time 17:50
Hit and shot down in the province of Brescia in the mountains above Villa Carcina, the B-17 crashed in three „sections“ in the Brione mountains, research carried out by AircrashPO, an aeronautical research group in northern Italy
20. April 2024 access_time 12:04
Hello Luca, thank you for the information. I have updated my map of crash site and this database entry.
I have put the marker north of Villa Carcina.
Cheers
Jing
11. August 2025 access_time 5:24
This appears to have been my grandfather’s plane – Reid F Ellsworth. Do you have links to any other information?