Produktionsblock:
B-17G-70-BO: 43-37674 bis 43-37873
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 487th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 836th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 10324
Geschichte der
B-17 43-37858
Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 2/7/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 with Kurt Schwarzin, John Pilcher, Bob Kinney, Jack Oakman, Cyrus Parr, Arthur West, Clifton Rentfro, Bill Stone, Hugh Lamborn (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Wittlich, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10324.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 22. Juli 2017
B-17 43-37858 Details
Hit by flak over target. Peeled off with no 3 and 4 engines smoking and lost + 3000 ft. altitude. Pilot asked for escort to reach allied lines. The crew later bailed out. The aircraft crashed and burned near Wittlich, 30 km NE or Trier, Germany.
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