B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24445 / Six Bits aka Southern Belle

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-10-BO: 41-24440 to 41-24489
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 92nd Bomb Group, 97th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 326th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(06 September 1942)
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History of
B-17 41-24445 / Six Bits aka Southern Belle

Assigned 326BS/92BG Bangor 12-August-42; 340BS/97BG Polebrook August 42; Missing in Action Meaulte 6-September-42 shot down by Hptm Conny Meyer (II/JG26) crashed Flasselles, NW of Amiens, France.; (first 8AF B-17 MIA) SIX BITS aka SOUTHERN BELLE. No MACR issued. 10POW.

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B-17 41-24445 / Six Bits aka Southern Belle Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Clarence W.Lipsky POW
CP 1LT David C. Howard POW
ENG/TT S/SGT George W. Mow POW
RO SGT Tomas T. Matson POW
BT SGT William H. Warren POW
WG SGT Charles F. Travinek POW
WG SGT William B. Dunbar POW
TG SGT William Peltier POW
TOG SGT Paul D. Drain POW

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