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Source:
Dave Wotanis
Production-block:
B-17F-35-BO: 42-5079 to 42-5149
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 97th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 414th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 720
History of
B-17 42-5147 / Old Ironsides
Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 414BS/97BG Biskra 22/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 3/2/43; coll with 41-24415 Palermo with Payne 9/5/43, nose sheared off but returned safely to base and repaired; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Missing in Action Frascati 8/9/43; flak, crashed ? ; Missing Air Crew Report 720. OLD IRONSIDES.
Last updated: 26. February 2024
B-17 42-5147 / Old Ironsides Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #41-24415 ‘Yankee Doodle II’ on 9. May 1943. Repaired and returned to duty but shot down by flak on 8 September 1943.
B-17 42-5147 / Old Ironsides Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Charles D. Gueriniere | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Floyd H. Lyon Jr. | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Lawrence H. Owens | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Irving Linder | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | George J. Smith | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | John W. Mullins | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Fred W. Yuvan | KIA | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Andrew H. Camarota Jr. | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Harry J. Carroll | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Edward L. Gadouas | POW | - |
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