Production-block:
B-17G-25-DL: 42-37989 to 42-38083
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 381st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 532nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: VE-M
MACR: 3002
Missions: 2
History of
B-17 42-38029
Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/43; Syracuse 10/12/43; Presque Isle 15/12/43; ass 532BS/381BG [VE-M] Ridgewell 1/3/44; {1m} MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: Tom Pirtle, Co-Pilot: Paul Schlintz, Navigator: Milton Stern, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Cassody, Radio Operator: Bob Burrows, Waist Gunner: Jim Estep, Waist Gunner: Jim Warren, Tail Gunner: Bill Bull (8POW); Bombardier: Harry Cooper, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Kinney (2EVD-ret 24/9/44); Enemy aircraft, crashed Old Mill, Deventer Road, near Lettele, Hol; MACR 3002.
Last updated: 5. March 2018
21. March 2024 access_time 12:12
My uncle, Tom Pirtle, was the pilot of the aircraft. Survived the war and lived out his life in Nashville, TN. Died in 2002