B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97571

History of
B-17 42-97571

Delivered Cheyenne 23/12/43; Salt Lake City 29/12/43; Kearney 18/1/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [H] Glatton 24/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Winfred Pugh, tog-Cliff Page, Waist gunner: Joe Wheatley,Tail gunner: Howard Martin (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Art Richards, Navigator: Julius Drummond, Radio Operator: Jim Woodgate, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Szumierz, Ball turret gunner: John Poshefko (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, exploded and crashed Hartmannsdorf, E of Weimar,Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8201.

Last updated: 2. July 2018