Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 447th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 708th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | CQ-B |
| MACR | 4251 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (29 April 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-37868 / Due Back
Delivered Denver 25/9/43; Harvard 15/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CQ-B] Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Fredrichshafen 29/4/44 with Carl Blom, Co-pilot: Wallace Lane, Navigator: Dudley Davis, Bombardier: Dare Ziemer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Windsor Graham, Waist gunner: Dick Ferrighetto (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Arthur Watt, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Arthur, Waist gunner: Ike Guyton,Tail gunner: Bob Tobin (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Grasleben, six miles N of Helmstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4251.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 18 June 2017
09. February 2025 access_time 17:38
I believe I’ve found the gun camera footage from this loss, more details here: https://old.reddit.com/r/WWIIplanes/comments/1ildjgv/447th_bomb_group_b17_flying_fortress_under_fire/mbtqpnm/