Production-block:
B-17G-50-DL: 44-6251 to 44-6500
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 301st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 419th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 16214 & 16519
History of
B-17 44-6364 / Smiling Elsie
Delivered Hunter 14/7/44; Presque Is 4/8/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 13/8/44; Missing in Action Pardubice 24/8/44 with Stan Peterson, Eisenstein, Gustafson, White, Curtin (5 Killed in Action); Guenther, Lundy, Sabato, Porter, Johnson (5 Returned to Duty); crew bailed over Adriatic Sea as aircraft ditched. Missing Air Crew Report 16214 & 16519.
Last updated: 5. March 2018
B-17 44-6364 / Smiling Elsie Details
Hit by an other B-17’s gun fire during gun test.
B-17 44-6364 / Smiling Elsie Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Stanley A. Peterson | KIA | Never recovered |
| CP | 2LT | Earl A. Guenther | RTD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Alex Eisenstein | KIA | Never recovered |
| BOMB | 2LT | Edwin Lundy | RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Harold N. Porter | RTD | - |
| RO | T/3. | William V Johnson | RTD | - |
| BT | SGT | John M Curtin | KIA | Never recovered |
| WG | S/SGT | Anthony L Sabato | RTD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Frank J. White | KIA | Never recovered |
| TG | S/SGT | Clifford A. Gustafson | KIA | Never recovered |
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