
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-55-DL: 44-6501 bis 44-6625
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 99th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 416th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 13243
Geschichte der
B-17 44-6534 / Mary Emilia
Delivered Hunter 1/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 10/10/44; Missing in Action {39m} Ruhland 22/3/45 with Bill Tappen, Johnson, Corcoran, Giarraputo, Hutton, Svacha, Gallagher, Barson, Foulk, Pacassi; flak, crashed Cottbus, Ger.; crew headed for Russian lines; Missing Air Crew Report 13243. MARY EMILIA.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 10. Oktober 2017
26. Dezember 2018 access_time 8:21
According to Soviet reports, at 1600-1655 on 22 Mar 45, this B-17 crash-landed at Soviet-controlled Schroda airfield, 32 km SE of Poznan, Poland. 10 crewmembers were reportedly unharmed. The aicraft condition was described as “the right and left “outer” engines are completely crippled, and the left “inner’ engine is damaged.”