B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3383 / Spirit Of McCook

History of
B-17 42-3383 / Spirit Of McCook

Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Dow Fd 9/7/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 28/7/43; Oudna 4/8/43; transferred 341BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Focsani 11/6/44 with 2Lt Stuart F Young, 2Lt James W Callaway, 2Lt Raymond R Prophater, 2Lt Earl J Wood Jr, S/Sgt Raymond W Pociecha, S/Sgt Joseph L Marshall, S/Sgt Joseph Graziano, Sgt Paul R Johnson, S/Sgt Thomas B Summers, Sgt James H Trout, Sgt Charles B Chase; lagging behind formation jumped by enemy aircraft, hit in starboard engine, lost height and exploded Bucharest. 9 x POW, 2 x KIA MACR 6425. SPIRIT OF McCOOK.

Last updated: 23. March 2018