Production-block:
B-17G-10-VE: 42-39958 to 42-40057
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 301st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 352nd Bomb Squadron
Fate:
MACR: 1401
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History of
B-17 42-39986
Delivered Long Beach 27/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG Oudna 27/11/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {49m} Missing in Action Budapest 3/4/44 with Albert J. Ross, Blaine (2 Killed in Action); Grady, Sachs, Hill, Ewell, Everett, Cameron, Van Sandt (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Mostar, Hungary. Missing Air Crew Report 1401.
Last updated: 9. July 2017
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14. January 2022 access_time 14:10
Am researching my uncle Walter David Hill and believe he was on this crew and was between the pilot and copilot when hit and canopy lost. He believed only 4 survived. I have his interview of escape to Albania. Let me know if you are interested.
01. August 2023 access_time 17:24
My uncle John W Grady (deceased) was the navigator on this flight.
He broke his leg and became a POW interned at Luft Stalag One.
18. February 2024 access_time 21:32
Couod you contact me?