B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97620

History of
B-17 42-97620

Delivered Denver 9/1/44; 1SAG Langley 4/2/44; Grenier 4/3/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 7/3/44; MIA Friedrichshafen 24/4/44 Pilot: Capt Joe Meacham, Co-Pilot: Henry Gibson, Navigator: Capt Dan Crist (338BS), Ex-nav-Ken McVitie, Bombardier: Walter White, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dick Chapman, Radio Operator: George Blackburn, Mick/Op-Lt Dick Murdock, Waist Gunner: George Marling, Tail Gunner: Bill Watson, Col Francis Tiller {command pilot} (11POW); flak hit on return, crew baled, ship crashed Reichsthal, near Felsbergerdof, 11 N of Kaiserlautern, Germany. MACR 4164.

Last updated: 13. February 2019