B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3237 / Stymie

History of
B-17 42-3237 / Stymie

Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-R] Podington 31/5/43; Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with John Stephens, Co-pilot: Hoyt Smith, Navigator: Rudi Grum, Bombardier: Bill Moore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Shay, Radio Operator: Carl Battin{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Max Drudge{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Bill Young, Waist gunner: George Knolle,Tail gunner: Casi Paczynski (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft damage, and further damaged by flak when limping home low over Germany, then bellied in at Holthausen, near Ramsdorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1030. STYMIE.

Last updated: 3. October 2017