Production-block:
B-17F-40-DL: 42-3229 to 42-3283
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 97th Bomb Group
- 99th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 342nd Bomb Squadron
- 348th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2028
History of
B-17 42-3251
Delivered Denver 13/4/43; Morrison 11/5/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Navarin 16/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; transferred 342BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Missing in Action Piraeus 11/1/44 with F/O Roy F Mayo, 1Lt Harvey M Bigby, 1Lt Gilbert O Fitzell, 2Lt Delbert C Le Jeune, T/Sgt Donald M Bennett, T/Sgt Clarence L Stevens, S/Sgt Wilbur E Cole, S/Sgt Dissler W Hendrickson, S/Sgt Thomas C Huffman, S/Sgt Leonard R Killebrew; collided with 42-29918, crashed Kalami, Greece; 3 x RTD, 7 x KIA MACR 2028.
Last updated: 7. October 2017
B-17 42-3251 Details
Collision with B-17 #42-29918 ‘Webfoot’ on 11 January 1944.
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