Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 452nd Bomb Group, 482nd Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 413th Bomb Squadron, 728th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | 9Z- |
| MACR | 11049 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (25 November 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-97534 / Pee Wee aka Patches
Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Newark 11/1/44; Langley 12/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 25/1/44; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-A] Snetterton 25/1/44 PEE WEE; 728BS/452BG (9Z- ] Deopham Green 26/1/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 25/11/44 with Irving Cohen, Co-pilot: Dick Washburn, Navigator: Cecil Vandervort, Bombardier: Jim Hartman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lyall Ehret, Ball turret gunner: Ervin Roesch,Tail gunner: Don Yee (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Gene Krachenfels{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Albt Mitchell (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Harren, N of Aachen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11049. PATCHES.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 13 July 2017
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