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Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
Production-block:
B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 546th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BK-E
MACR: 3244
Missions: 22
History of
B-17 42-37848 / Sissy
Delivered Denver 20/9/43; Gr Island 30/9/43; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 8/10/43; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-E] Grafton Underwood 18/10/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with George Steir, Co-pilot: Harry Bertram, Navigator: Ralph Harvey, Bombardier: Bob Heine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Kane, Radio Operator: John VanBevern, Ball turret gunner: Alf David, Waist gunner: Francis Klonowski, Waist gunner: Rich Norton,Tail gunner: Jack Louden (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Grivillers, 22 miles SE of Amiens, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3244. SISSY.
Last updated: 31. August 2018
29. October 2023 access_time 19:12
My Grandfather was Corporal Richard Anthony Norton POW from the B-17 Sissy shot down 16 March 1944. On some paperwork from 17 March 1944 it has him going from a Corporal to a Captain with a change of Serial # from 12044723 switched to Serial # 0-12045723. Why would the department make this change? Was it by mistake on two documents dated on the same date?
V/R
MSG Shaun Cowan, US Army
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