B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3497

History of
B-17 42-3497

Delivered Denver 12/7/43; Gore Fd 15/8/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 8/9/43; 5m, Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Lionel Correia, Co-pilot: Don Dunhaver, Navigator: Dick Coffey, Bombardier: Fred Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Otis Ashworth, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bailey, Waist gunner: Roger Black, Waist gunner: Roly Alexenberg,Tail gunner: Dick Crawford (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jerome Schneider (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ruhof Farm at Vreden-Lunten, near Haaksbergen, Holl, 32 miles NW of Munster. Missing Air Crew Report 943.

Last updated: 10. February 2018