Production-block:
B-17G-40-VE: 42-97936 to 42-98035
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 401st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LL-G
MACR: 10149
Missions: 21+
History of
B-17 42-97984 / Sherry’s Cherries
Delivered Dallas 23/4/44; Hunter 8/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-G] Bassingbourn 29/6/44; 323BS; Missing in Action {21+m} Merseburg 2/11/44 with Jim Faris, Co-pilot: Dick White, Navigator: Norman Passenger, Bombardier: John Werner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Taylor, Radio Operator: Claude Harper (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Paul Vinecourt, Waist gunner: Theo Knapp,Tail gunner: Melvin Wagner (3 Killed in Action); attacked by several enemy aircraft, crashed Koethen, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 10149. SHERRY’S CHERRIES.
Last updated: 20. April 2018
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