B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102917

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-60-BO: 42-102744 to 42-102978
Delievered: Cheyenne
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 401st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 612th Bomb Squadron
RCL: SC-E
MACR: 7546
German Document: KU-2557
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(20 July 1944)
Missions: 10
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History of
B-17 42-102917

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Kearney 5/2/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-E] Deenethorpe 30/5/44; Missing in Action Dessau 20/7/44 with Jack Frederick, John Kirkbride, John Szungyi, Ray Nagle, Ken Fritts, Emerson Roberts, Walt Jenkins, Morton Warnow, Edgar Pierson (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Numansdorp, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 7546.

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B-17 42-102917 Details

Caption: B-17G crash on July 20, 1944, at 14:21 hours. Forced landing after being hit by flak, 6 km east of Numansdorp, 1 km south of Schoring near Willemstad. Source: KU-2557
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B-17 42-102917 Crew

Position Rank Name (First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name) Status Note
P 2LT Jack L. Frederick POW
CP 2LT John Walter Krikbride POW
BOMB 2LT Raymond Leroy Nagle POW
ENG/TT S/SGT Kenneth Howard Fritts POW
RO S/SGT Emerson Russell Roberts POW
BT S/SGT Walter Merrick Jenkins POW
WG SGT Morton Charles Warnow POW
TG SGT Edgar E. Pierson POW

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