B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-32053

History of
B-17 42-32053

Delivered Cheyenne 19/1/44; St Louis 2/2/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Tortorella 14/1/44; transferred 49BS/2BG Amendola 31/3/44; Missing in Action {27m} Budapest 27/6/44 with Dick Korb, Co-pilot: Alf Larsen(chute caught fire on way out), Navigator: Casimir Blaska, Bombardier: Jim Fleming, Radio Operator: Burl Kessel, Waist gunner: Thaddeus Thomas, Waist gunner: Henry Rappe,Tail gunner: Thaddeus Krent (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Malcolm Treadway, Ball turret gunner: Bill Bair (2 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Budapest, five chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 6428.

Last updated: 26. September 2019