| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-45-BO: 42-97173 to 42-97435 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 398th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 413th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | MZ-D |
| MACR | 5895 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (20 June 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-97366
Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Oklahoma City 6/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 1/5/44; no ops, transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-D] Snetterton 3/5/44; Missing in Action Fallersleben 20/6/44 with Howard Seefurth, Co-pilot: Wylie Wyatt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Elmore, Radio Operator: John Gabri, Waist gunner: John Pepper,Tail gunner: Joe Liptak (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Chas Harris, Bombardier: Claude Kilps, Ball turret gunner: Paul Whitestone, Waist gunner: Ben Aquinaldo (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Letzlingen Forest, seven miles SE of Gardelegen, 25 miles NW of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5895.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 24 January 2018
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