
Source:
U.S. Air Force photo
Production-block:
B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 337th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: AW-R
MACR: 4862
History of
B-17 42-102452
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-R] Snetterton 7/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Herb Moore, Co-pilot: Bill Giesse, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Draginis, Radio Operator: Don Cassell, Ball turret gunner: Theo Martz, Waist gunner: Elton Needham, Waist gunner: Willard Miller,Tail gunner: Bill Medill (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Irving Saex, Bombardier: Ed McGlasson (2 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-97382, crashed near Wehrheim, 12 miles N of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4862.
Last updated: 3. February 2018
B-17 42-102452 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-97382 on 12 May 1944.
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