B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29651 / Stella

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Brookley 3/3/43; Morrison 9/3/43; ass Harris Prov. Gp, en route from Marrakech to St Eval, Cornwall, UK 7/4/43 forced landing Lytchett Minster, near Poole, Dorset, low on gas Pilot: Talmadge Wilson, Co-Pilot: M.Berg, Navigator: Granville Williams, Bombardier: Bob Sherwin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: T.R. Cetnarowski, Radio Operator: A.H. Schatz, pass: E.J.Bayer, Art Burns, C.E. Vondrachek, M.A. LaSota, C.Silver, Lt L.R. Kisamore (12RTD); aircraft stripped to lighten and flew out OK; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-G] Grafton Underwood 27/6/43; then [SU-K/G]; Transferred: 2 BAD Lt Staughton 4/4/44; Returned to US: 5/6/44; Tinker 3/7/44; Homestead 8/7/44; Patterson 15/2/45; Scrapped: Altus 17/8/45. STELLA MARIS.