Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-95-BO: 43-38674 to 43-38873 |
| Delievered: | Fairfield |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 427th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | GN-A |
| MACR | 11574 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (13 January 1945) |
History of
B-17 43-38689
Delivered Fairfield 4/9/44; Hunter 25/9/44; Grenier 3/10/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG Nuthampstead 11/10/44; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-A] Molesworth 28/10/44; Missing in Action Germersheim 13/1/45 with pilot 2Lt Oliver T Eisenhart, copilot 2Lt Henry McCullough, Navigator 2Lt Maurice Merrick, Bombardier F/O Herring Joyce, Flight Eng S/Sgt Sam Hindman, Radio Sgt Bernie Kaufmann, Ball turret Sgt Bill Kimber, Waist gun Sgt Jack Thompson, tail gun Sgt Therman Conaway (9 Killed in Action); direct flak hit in the tail, crashed Roxheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11574.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 43-38689 Details
Aircraft 43-38689 failed to return from an operational sortie to Mannheim, Germany on 13 January 1945. This aircraft received a direct hit in the tail section from enemy anti-aircraft fire, blowing off the horizontal stabilizer and pulverizing the whole tail section. Aircraft started into a steep dive, then broke up in mid air. No parachutes were seen to leave the aircraft.
Source: MACR 11574
Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb railroad bridge at Mannheim. Took a direct hit in the tail and plummeted earthwards. No crew escaped, probably held by the gravitational forces of the rapid descent. The lead plane of a higher squadron caught the plunge with its strike camera. Crashed Roxheim, Germany. 9 x KIA. MACR 11574.
This page was last updated on 13 January 2025
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