Production-block:
B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 333rd Bomb Squadron
- 410th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GL-H
MACR: 3800
History of
B-17 42-97080
Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Kearney 17/2/44; Grenier 3/3/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 12/3/44; 410BS [GL-H]; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Pete Branson, Navigator: Ross Linsemaier, Waist gunner: Howard Eagle, (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Vogt, Bombardier: Florentino Miranda, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Becht, Radio Operator: Henry Zake, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Westlund, Waist gunner: Paul McErlane,Tail gunner: Doug Monson (7KIA-most drowned); flak, ditched North Sea, 25 miles W of Warnemunde, Ger;. Missing Air Crew Report 3800.
Last updated: 11. September 2017
30. May 2023 access_time 23:38
My Uncle Florentino Miranda was the bombardier. Just thought by some miracle knows anything about his time during ww2.
29. September 2024 access_time 11:45
According MACR 3800 crew reported “few miles from coast in Baltic Sea” as crash location. Description should be changed from North Sea to Baltic Sea.