B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3453

History of
B-17 42-3453

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [TS-K] Rougham 17/8/43; loaned to 96BG Snetterton for this mission; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Silas Nettles, Co-pilot: Jerry LeFors, Navigator: Bob O’Hearn, Bombardier: Ed Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Sebeck, Radio Operator: Chas Putman, Ball turret gunner: Marshall Hamer, Waist gunner: Ken Karlson, Waist gunner: Greg Drobinko,Tail gunner: Chas Sibert (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 831.

Last updated: 11. September 2018