B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31354 / Dixie Jane aka Lounge Lizard

History of
B-17 42-31354 / Dixie Jane aka Lounge Lizard

Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 5/1/44; transferred 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Durward Sorensen, Co-pilot: Bob Evans, Navigator: Henry Hambrick, Bombardier: Willard Bader, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Herman, Waist gunner: Paul Simerly, Waist gunner: Larry Watkins (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Arvo Palmerthrown clear in crash but broke his neck, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Holmes,Tail gunner: Jim Nagy (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft on return, ship headed for Sweden, but crash landed on German A/fd two miles NE of Zerbst, SE of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3191. LOUNGE LIZARD aka DIXIE JANE.

Last updated: 24. June 2018