Production-block:
B-17F-30-BO: 42-5050 to 42-5078
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 301st Bomb Group
- 99th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 346th Bomb Squadron
- 353rd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 1129
Missions: 71
History of
B-17 42-5061
Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/42; New Castle 12/10/42; Assigned 353BS/301BG Chelveston 1/11/42; Tarafaoui 26/11/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; {71m} transferred 346BS/99BG Navarin 8/1/43; Gen Doolittle aboard mission to Kiarouan Afd 9/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Missing in Action Bolzano 10/11/43, with Jerry Wickcliffe, DeWitt, Ellsworth, Isert, Hogan, Arlinghaus, Chestnut, Auzniarek, Pinkard (9 Killed in Action); Prochaska (Prisoner of War); crashed north of Brescia, Italy; Missing Air Crew Report 1129.
Last updated: 20. April 2024
19. April 2024 access_time 17:50
Hit and shot down in the province of Brescia in the mountains above Villa Carcina, the B-17 crashed in three “sections” in the Brione mountains, research carried out by AircrashPO, an aeronautical research group in northern Italy
20. April 2024 access_time 12:04
Hello Luca, thank you for the information. I have updated my map of crash site and this database entry.
I have put the marker north of Villa Carcina.
Cheers
Jing