Production-block:
B-17F-10-DL: 42-2979 to 42-3003
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 97th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 342nd Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 42-2982
Delivered West Palm Beach 7/1/43; Assigned 342BS/97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 3/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/9/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Lost Palermo, Italy to flak and fighters 16/4/43 with 1Lt William F Murray Jr, 1Lt Vernon J Reed, 1Lt Harold P Schirmer, 2Lt Arthur L Price, T/Sgt Louie Rosetti, T/Sgt Jack D Stout, S/Sgt Clarence P Somers, Sgt John V Lyons, Sgt Howard Pollock, Sgt Charles H Starin. Written off 17/4/44. Missing Air Crew Report 3684. (10 x KIA 16/4/44. Missing Air Crew Report 3908).
Last updated: 22. September 2017
05. February 2024 access_time 20:26
2nd Lt. Arthur Price was my Grandfather. We’ve got a plethora of photos of him before he was shot down. My Grandmother Edith, never remarried- love of her life Red Price, He is survived by one daughter, my mother Diane. After my Incredible Grandmothers passing… we spread her ashes on his grave at Normandy Beach gravesite. I’ve got photos- Definitely a Private Ryan moment…. A True Hero. Red was an Oregon Duck; as well as myself. I would often go to the water fountain at EMU/ student union and look at his brass placard and say a quick thx and prayer for his dedicated service. We have all of his letters to my grandmother before he was shot down.