B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30518 / Short Stride IV

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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.

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