| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 508th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | YB-D |
| MACR | 5796 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (14 June 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-97066
Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 8/2/44; Presque Is 21/1/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-D] Polebrook 26/3/44; Missing in Action {22m} Le Bourget 14/6/44 with Joe Dixey, Co-pilot: Capt Jim Lowery (2 evaded capture); Bombardier: Tom Trolinger, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob McCullough, Radio Operator: Don Kemohah, Ball turret gunner: Arthur Gross, Waist gunner: Joe Barnes,Tail gunner: John Offutt (6 Prisoner of War) Navigator: Bob Shafer, Waist gunner: Don Henderson (2KIA, the latter of wounds as Prisoner of War)); flak, crashed Abbeville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5796.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 12 October 2017
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