B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97571

Source:
457thbombgroupassoc.org

General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-20-VE: 42-97536 to 42-97635
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 457th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 750th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 8201
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(24 August 1944)
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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.

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