| Allgemein | |
|---|---|
| Hersteller: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Produktionsblock: | , B-17G-20-VE: 42-97536 bis 42-97635 |
| Einsatzgeschichte | |
|---|---|
| Bomber-Gruppe: | , 447th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomber-Staffel: | , 413th Bomb Squadron, 710th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 4175 |
| Schicksal: |
, Abschuss durch Feindflugzeug, Abschuss durch Flak (18 April 1944) |
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Geschichte der
B-17 42-97597
Delivered Denver 2/1/44; 1SAG Langley 25/1/44; Presque Is 23/2/44; Assigned: as PFF 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 25/2/44; Transferred: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 26/2/44; MIA Oranienburg 18/4/44 Pilot: Capt Milton Esterline, Co-Pilot: Capt Jim Dalzell, Navigator: Elmer Canfield, nav rad-Elliot Evans, Bombardier: Forrest Burnett, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Earl Lynes, Radio Operator: Elvin Smith, Ball Turret Gunner: John Marr, Waist Gunner: Arthur Crouse, Tail Gunner: Harold Ross (10POW); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Blutehn, 11 miles N of Wittenberge, Germany. MACR 4175.
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25. Februar 2024 access_time 23:21
aircraft was still assigned to the 96th Bomb Group, 413th Bomb squadron coded MZ-E at the time of its loss but operating with the 447th Bomb Group. Its detailed in the 96th Bomb Group newsletter, issue 62, April 2014, page 16. According to the article it was hit by a friendly bomb and crash landed in enemy territory. Photos do exist.