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Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
B-17G-20-VE: 42-97536 to 42-97635
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 413th Bomb Squadron
- 418th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LD-
MACR: 7414
History of
B-17 42-97564 / Belle of Berlin
Delivered Denver 22/12/43; 1SAG Langley 17/1/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-J] Snetterton (H2X) 4/2/44; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD- ] Thorpe Abbotts 2/44; 5m, Missing in Action Merseburg 20/7/44; flak shell hit wing, did not explode, but pierced gas tanks; ship fell out of formation and hit by fighters and crashed just S of Chaamm, SE of Breda, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 7414. 7 Prisoner of War; 5 evaded capture – the latter eventually came back to base; BELLE OF BERLIN. {On Det Serv from 95thBG, may have carried those markings}
Last updated: 9. January 2018
B-17 42-97564 / Belle of Berlin Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Francis C. Kincannon | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | Bernard L. Farnum | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Louis H. Abromowitz | EVD | - |
| BOMB | CPT | Robert E. Nance | EVD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Daniel B. Deason | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Oscar L. Edge | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Glen E. Snider | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Daniel M. Cargile | EVD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Robert D. Chavez | POW | - |
| --- | MAJ | Magee C. Fuller | POW | Mission pilot. CO of the 418th |
| RCM | CPT | Henry C. Griffis | EVD | - |
| NAV2 | 1LT | George E. Bonitz | EVD | - |
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