B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38260 / Fime Sientz

History of
B-17 43-38260 / Fime Sientz

Delivered Cheyenne 13/7/44; Kearney 23/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG [4F-A] Lavenham 9/8/44; Missing in Action Kassel 22/9/44 with Lynn Smith (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Chas Huber, Navigator: Leon Davis, Bombardier: George Hubbard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Evans, Radio Operator: Harry Bachman, Ball turret gunner: Warren Johnson, Waist gunner: Fred Cummins,Tail gunner: Russell Bovier (8 Prisoner of War); flak KO‘d #3 & #4, then caught fire, crashed near Seibersbach/Hunsruck, W of Bingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10210. FIME SIENTZ.

Last updated: 6. August 2017