Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-45-DL: 42-3284 to 42-3338 |
| Delievered: | Denver |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 390th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 568th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BI-D |
| MACR | 861 |
| Fate: |
, Mid-air collision (10 October 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-3328 / Miss Fortune
Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Tinker 22/7/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-D] Framlingham 15/7/43; Missing in Action (15m) Munster 10/10/43 with Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: Darwin Michaelson, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Lew Gardner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Ball turret gunner: Walt Swinichowski (6 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Clarry Payne, Waist gunner: John Danielson, Waist gunner: Bill Wenckens,Tail gunner: Carl Spirito (4 Prisoner of War); hit by rocket and coll with 42-3415 (390BG); tailplane came off and aircraft broke in half, crashed Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, near Burgsteinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 861. MISS FORTUNE.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-3328 / Miss Fortune Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-3415 Miss Behavin’ on 10 October 1943.
Eyewitness Statements
From interrogation of the crew of Capt. Robert D. Brown:
328 was hit by rocket which blew tail off. 328 then collided with another B-17 just about it. Accident occurred just after target was reached. Both ships crumbled up. No parachutes were observed.
Source: MACR 861
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