Production-block:
B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 to 42-29731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 2nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 96th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2702
History of
B-17 42-29639 / Sky Worm
Delivered Denver 28/1/43; Salina 31/1/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Navarin 17/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; Missing in Action {85m} Steyr 24/2/44 with Albert Byrne, Co-pilot: Ernie Davis[wia], Navigator: John Carney, Bombardier: Jay Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Adolph Severuk, Radio Operator: Everett Bauman, Ball turret gunner: Bill Arm, Waist gunner: Milan Walter, Waist gunner: John Stepp,Tail gunner: Leon Hyde (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Kaisergut, Austria?; four chutes seen. Missing Air Crew Report 2702. SKYWORM.
Last updated: 18. August 2017
22. May 2024 access_time 6:03
My grandfather was Albert Byrne, the pilot of this plane. He was captured and held at Stalag Luft 1 for the duration of the war.
Mein Großvater war Albert Byrne, der Pilot dieses Flugzeugs. Er wurde gefangen genommen und für die Dauer des Krieges im Stalag Luft 1 festgehalten.