Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 546th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BK-E |
| MACR | 3244 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (16 March 1944) |
| 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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 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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