Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116 |
| Delievered: | Denver |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 483rd Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 346th Bomb Squadron, 840th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 6948 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (22 July 1944) |
| Missions: | 43 |
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History of
B-17 42-32028 / Mighty Mike
Delivered Denver 18/1/44; MacDill 2/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44; transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {43m} Ploesti 22/7/44 with Sid Carr, Bell, Glenn, Lemingh, Strash, Neel, Nepil, Runyon (8 Prisoner of War); Flynn, Ahr (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Bucharest; Missing Air Crew Report 6948.
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B-17 42-32028 / Mighty Mike Details
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This page was last updated on 04 October 2025
09. November 2021 access_time 3:56
My father-in-law–Charles F. Kuntz (who is 98 and still doing well) was the tail gunner in the Might Mike in this actual photo. He flew 50 bombing missions.