Production-block:
B-17G-60-BO: 42-102744 to 42-102978
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 351st Bomb Group
- 457th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 508th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: YB-G
MACR: 7557
History of
B-17 42-102949
Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 30/6/44; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-G] Polebrook 1/7/44; Missing in Action 22m Augsburg 19/7/44 with Herb Konecheck, Co-pilot: Barrett Levinsky, Navigator: Joe Difranks, Radio Operator: Guerino Lostocco, Ball turret gunner: Jim Ocamb, Waist gunner: Phil Hersey,Tail gunner: Max Hainet (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ken Landstrom,ettg-Chas Wiles, (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Stossberg, near Allgau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7557.
Last updated: 16. July 2017
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