| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 336th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | QW-K |
| MACR | 12889 |
| Fate: |
, Mid-air collision (03 March 1945) |
| Missions: | 85 |
History of
B-17 42-102450 / Paisano
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 7/4/44; transferred 336BS/95BG Horham 8/4/44; with W.G. Helm force landed A-71 Clastres, France 29/12/44; 85m, Missing in Action Chemnitz 3/3/45 with Bob Duncan, Co-pilot: Tom Harvey, Navigator: Rudi Kelody, Bombardier: Sgt Elbert McKernan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester Bohlender, Radio Operator: Edwin Peter, Ball turret gunner: John Carr, Waist gunner: Harvey Wirth,Tail gunner: Courtney Kelly, (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-97376 (384BG), crashed Schonbeck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12889. PAISANO.
B-17 42-102450 / Paisano Details
Mid air coll with B-17 #42-97376 on 03 March 1945, crashed Schonbeck, Ger. 9 KIA.
This page was last updated on 12 April 2018
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