| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-45-BO: 42-97173 to 42-97435 |
| Delievered: | Cheyenne |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 423rd Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 5987 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (20 June 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-97250
Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 23/3/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 6/4/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 20/6/44 with Derrill Latham, Co-pilot: Ellis Porter, Navigator: Andy Nuttall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bryan Epps (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Harry Bryant, Radio Operator: Winston Breckles, Ball turret gunner: Harry Reed, Waist gunner: Ed Smith,Tail gunner: Ed Walsh (5 Killed in Action); flak hit blew off nose, crashed Erlenstrasse, Eidelstedt/ Holstein, near Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 5987.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-97250 Details
Our aircraft #250 – G, Pilot Latham was hit by flak over target after bombs away. Fire broke out on the two inboard engines and spread over nose to Radio Room. Aircraft peeled out, side-slipping to the left and went straight down. One crew reports seeing waist door off. One crew reports one chute. Aircraft was observed to go to pieces in the air.
1Lt. William G. Mitchell, Jr.
Pilot
Source: MACR 5987
B-17 42-97250 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Derrill L. Latham | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Ellis O. Porter | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Andrew Nuttall | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Harold A. Bryant, Jr. | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Bryan E. Epps | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Winston Breckels, Jr. | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Harold L. Reed | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Edward W. Smith | KIA | - |
| TG | CPL | Edward D. Walsh | KIA | - |
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