Production-block:
B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 to 42-107233
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 709th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3825
History of
B-17 42-107067
Delivered Denver 10/2/44; Gr Island 20/2/44; Grenier 6/3/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 24/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 11/4/44 with Joe Jurnecka, Co-pilot: Howard McHenry, Navigator: John Heinzelman, Bombardier: John White, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerome Wodin, Radio Operator: Chas Hodden, Ball turret gunner: Bill Tatum, Waist gunner: Bob Shorts, Waist gunner: Dave Thompson,Tail gunner: John Siedlicki (10INT); flak KOd #1, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 3825. Rep by Swedish airline as SE-BAR; sold to AFA Denmark as OY-DFA; W/O 30/1/46.
Last updated: 11. June 2018
08. November 2023 access_time 19:14
One of the tail gunners was Vincent L. Corleto, who is not listed here. There were two replacements on that crew. They were ordered to take the places of two other crew members the morning of the flight. Corleto, a staff sergeant, was interned in Sweden from April to October, 1944.