Source:
www.487thbg.org
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-50-DL: 44-6251 to 44-6500 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 487th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 838th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | 2C-K |
| MACR: | 10209 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by mechanical fault (12 September 1944) |
History of
B-17 44-6305
Delivered Kearney 27/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG [2C-K] Lavenham 12/7/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 12/9/44 with Walt Preston (Killed in Action); Navigator: Ora Spaid, Radio Operator: Roy Meyers (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Bendt, Bombardier: Orville Schulz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Easley, Ball turret gunner: Dorsey Wilson, Waist gunner: Delmar Galloway, TG-Laurie Horner (6 evaded capture); mech fault, crashed in allied lines, Malmedy, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 10209.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 03 October 2017

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