| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 447th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 710th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 3188 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (11 March 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-97484
Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Kearney 15/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 4/1/44; MIA Munster 11/3/44 Pilot: Herb Overdorf, Co-Pilot: Leo Teplitz, Navigator: Chester Adams, Bombardier: Nick Pantages, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Woodrow Harper, Radio Operator: Dan Fasanello, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Johnson, Waist Gunner: Chas Gessert, Waist Gunner: Darrell Lincks (9KIA-most landed on sandbank at low tide, but pleas for help to Germany. an workers and soldiers as tide came in were ignored and they all drowned. After war searches for those responsible failed); Tail Gunner: Julius Schultz (POW); flak, crashed North Sea, off Haamstede, Isle of Schouwen, Hol. MACR 3188.
This page was last updated on 11 June 2018
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