Production-block:
B-17G-60-BO: 42-102744 to 42-102978
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 563rd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 9380
History of
B-17 42-102953 / Sky Anne
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 13/5/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG [P] Knettishall 16/5/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Bernard Lord, Co-pilot: Don Trachsel, Navigator: Irving Podolska, Bombardier: Walter Norwicki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Bradley, Radio Operator: Garland Vaughn,Tail gunner: Chas Valente (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Bland Carter, Waist gunner: Wesley Road (2 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 43-38404 (388 BG), crashed just outside Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9380. SHY ANN.
Last updated: 3. October 2017
B-17 42-102953 / Sky Anne Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #43-38404 on 28 September 1944.
16. October 2024 access_time 20:08
My great Uncle Walter Steven Nowicki was on on that plane the day it went down. Are there any pictures of this plane? I’m trying to put something together for my dad and a few pictures would be nice.
Thanks,
Scott Walendowski