Production-block:
B-17G-40-VE: 42-97936 to 42-98035
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 324th Bomb Squadron
Fate:
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History of
B-17 42-97999
Delivered Dallas 27/4/44; Kearney 6/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF- ] Bassingbourn 10/7/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Capt Francis Holmes, Co-pilot: John Neal, Navigator: Walter Kast, Bombardier: Fred Dignon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Seaton, Radio Operator: Drexel Lange, bto-Otto Draege, Waist gunner: Allen Meeker,Tail gunner: Don Potter (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Manderscheid, N of Eifel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7273.
Last updated: 11. February 2018
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07. June 2023 access_time 6:21
I am the great nephew of Otto Draege. I would like to know the name given to the plane that he and his crew was downed over Germany in.
13. June 2023 access_time 14:00
Hello David, as of today no name is known to this B-17.
13. June 2023 access_time 18:57
Hello, I am looking for information on my late grandfather, Richard A. Eidemiller. I have a copy of his instrument pilot certificate which says he was a member of the 324th BTG but have no other info. I reached out to the National Archives and they said his records were destroyed in a fire years ago. Any help you may be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
03. June 2024 access_time 23:45
Still searching if anyone might have come across his name. Thank you.