| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 to 42-107233 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group, 398th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 547th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SO-S |
| MACR | 7553 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (16 July 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-107064 / Miss Fitt
Delivered Denver 9/2/44; Hunter 3/3/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 22/4/44; no ops, transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-S] Grafton Underwood 30/4/44; Missing in Action Munich 16/7/44 with Captain Lee Coleman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Whitley, Radio Operator: Bob Schepers, Waist gunner: Larry Golka, Tail gunner: Frank Felicetti (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Tom Anthony, Navigator: Henry Giguere, tog-George Yeager, Ball turret gunner: Dan Griffin (4 Killed in Action); flak KO’d entire nose, followed by explosion, crashed Oberpfaffenhofen afd, SW of Munich, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7553. MISS FITT.
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This page was last updated on 20 July 2017
16. March 2018 access_time 17:08
My father was William Whitley (Bill) engineer and top turret gunner on the Miss Fitt the day it was shot down over Munich. I would love to make contact with any other living relatives of the brave men who were on the Miss Fitt.
23. November 2023 access_time 1:26
I was acquainted with the radio operator on Miss Fitt, Bob Schepers, through our connection at church. He shared a bit of his story with me prior to his passing in November of 2012. He was a POW in Stalag Luft IV located near Gross Tychow, Poland, and participated in the death march back toward Germany beginning in Feb. 1945. After the war, he attended college, married, and raised a family in Michigan.