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Source:
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Production-block:
B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 381st Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 533rd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: VP-Z
MACR: 1880
Missions: 18
History of
B-17 42-29999 / Fertile Myrtle
Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Presque Is 2/5/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 8/5/43 GENIE; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-Z] Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action 18m Oschersleben 11/1/44; enemy aircraft, crashed Eicholz, three miles S of Melle, 14 miles SE of Osnabruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1880. FERTILE MYRTLE.
Last updated: 2. March 2019
B-17 42-29999 / Fertile Myrtle Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Matthew J. McEvoy | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Nicholas N. Nikitin | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Henry I. Lipsky | POW | - |
| BOMB | F/O | William H. Ingram | POW | RAF |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Arthur T. Loehrer | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Fred W. Johnson | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Weldon E. Wittwer | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Eugene J. Kracium | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Mack Sexton Jr. | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Jack G. Trueblood | POW | - |
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