Production-block:
B-17F-105-BO: 42-30432 to 42-30531
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 413th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: MZ-Y
MACR: 2016
History of
B-17 42-30518 / Short Stride IV
Delivered Boeing 18/6/43; Gore 29/6/43; Cheyenne 30/6/43; Kearney 14/7/43; Dow Fd 21/7/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-Y] Snetterton 26/7/43; MIA Kiel 4/1/44 Pilot: Jim McLean, Co-Pilot: Harry Zlotnik, Navigator: John Gray, Bombardier: John McGee{body never found}, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dick Winn, Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Keefe, Waist Gunner: Dave Miller (7KIA); Radio Operator: Lyall Taubert, Waist Gunner: Germany. y Waldron, Tail Gunner: John Young (3POW); mid air coll w/42-5953 on target approach, crashed Dalum, between Ems/Lingen, and Meppen, Ger; MACR 2016. SHORT STRIDE IV.
Last updated: 5. August 2019
B-17 42-30518 / Short Stride IV Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-5953 / Skin & Bones on 04 January 1944.
08. March 2024 access_time 20:44
My Uncle Rick Regan (Dick) Winn was the Top Gunner on this flight and buried in the cemetery. It is said that Grandpa was not the same after loosing his first born Son of five boys whom all but one served during this war. Thank you to all whom captured the history and memory of those who gave their lives so I sleep safe at night. Thank you.