B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102432 / Tiny Angel

History of
B-17 42-102432 / Tiny Angel

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Presque Is 4/4/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-U] Molesworth 12/4/44; Missing in Action Handorf, Ger 15/8/44 with Harry Cook, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Slight{shot in air}, Waist gunner: Jesse Joyce (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Fred Mason, Navigator: Ralph Page, Bombardier: Werner Warmuth(wia), Radio Operator: Forrest Howell, Ball turret gunner: Bob Eaglehouse{Wounded in Action}, John Smalley {wia lost leg-who was later re-patriated} (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bitburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8438. TINY ANGEL.

Last updated: 12. July 2017