B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29854 / Ole Flak Sack

History of
B-17 42-29854 / Ole Flak Sack

Delivered Denver 26/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Memphis 17/4/43; Presque 27/4/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 4/5/43; in landing accident at base Pilot: Leo Jarvis 7/8/43; MIA {1+m} Bremen 8/10/43 w/Art Sample, Navigator: Capt Norman Mackay, tog-Bob Moore, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Howard Ballou, Radio Operator: Warren Heintz, Ball Turret Gunner: Melvin Olson, Waist Gunner: Bill Grayson, Tail Gunner: George Johnston (8KIA), Co-Pilot: Ed Cytarzinski, Waist Gunner: Jim Forbes, (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Doerrieloh, 14 miles E of Diepholz, Germany. MACR 1395. ‘OLE FLAK SACK.’

Last updated: 5. March 2018

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